Hey there,
after messing around with the user permissions in /var/ and /etc/ and other undocumented things it happened to me that my computer does not boot into GUI. Several error messages and only be able to access via shell. I decided to create an Ubuntu USB stick and reinstall Ubuntu 18.04. Seems easier than debugging. Took me already 3 hours.
Unfortunately, I do not get the Reinstall Ubuntu option (described here). So now I have 4 options but I really want to keep my personal data I had before in the home directory (/dev/sda) and another hard drive I add as partition (/dev/sdb)
1. Erase Ubuntu 18.04.04 LTS and reinstall
2. Install Ubuntu 18.04.04 LTS alongside 18.04.04 LTS
3. Erase disk and install Ubuntu
4. Something else
You can create or resize partitions yourself, or choose multiple partitions for Ubuntu.
I think I could go for 2. and then manually copy the files from the home directory to the new home directory? Or for 4. and keep my partitions. I am not sure how to do that.
Before the options I get the following
The installer has detected that the following disks have mounted partitions:
/dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc
Do you want the installer to try to unmount the partitions on these disks before continuing? If you leave them mounted, you will not be able to create, delete, or resize partitions on these disks, but you may be able to install to existing partitions there.
Maybe someone could help me or point me to a tutorial. Thank you!
after messing around with the user permissions in /var/ and /etc/ and other undocumented things it happened to me that my computer does not boot into GUI. Several error messages and only be able to access via shell. I decided to create an Ubuntu USB stick and reinstall Ubuntu 18.04. Seems easier than debugging. Took me already 3 hours.
Unfortunately, I do not get the Reinstall Ubuntu option (described here). So now I have 4 options but I really want to keep my personal data I had before in the home directory (/dev/sda) and another hard drive I add as partition (/dev/sdb)
1. Erase Ubuntu 18.04.04 LTS and reinstall
2. Install Ubuntu 18.04.04 LTS alongside 18.04.04 LTS
3. Erase disk and install Ubuntu
4. Something else
You can create or resize partitions yourself, or choose multiple partitions for Ubuntu.
I think I could go for 2. and then manually copy the files from the home directory to the new home directory? Or for 4. and keep my partitions. I am not sure how to do that.
Before the options I get the following
The installer has detected that the following disks have mounted partitions:
/dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc
Do you want the installer to try to unmount the partitions on these disks before continuing? If you leave them mounted, you will not be able to create, delete, or resize partitions on these disks, but you may be able to install to existing partitions there.
Maybe someone could help me or point me to a tutorial. Thank you!