And I should have mentione earlier that I did explore Advanced boot options to no avail.
"Computer" shows 8.3GB of 8.4GB available. Maybe that's part of the problem. On Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 14:35 Michael L <[email protected]> wrote: > The file / folder I want most is the Chromium HTML bookmark file is one > with permission issues > > On Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 14:31 Michael L <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I did boot from Ubu20 DVD and can see the files and am trying to copy >> home folder off HDD- permission issues. >> >> On Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 13:34 Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Michael, >>> >>> So what happens if you boot that system from a live CD / USB >>> thumbdrive?? A: does it boot? B: if it boots, can you get to the >>> files on the drive? >>> >>> This situation is one reason I make sure to turn off the motherboard >>> splash screens that hide the boot process. At the moment, a log file >>> that would point out the system halt is not coming to mind. >>> >>> Yes, LVM can make that exciting. >>> >>> Howard >>> >>> On 10/10/21 1:17 PM, Michael L wrote: >>> > I have an Ubuntu 20.04 system that's not booting; appears to boot but >>> > stops at a black screen. It was running fine till I ran (delayed) >>> > updates; wasn't able to update for 7 weeks- a Kubuntu 20.04 system >>> took >>> > the delayed updates without problem. >>> > >>> > On Fedora it seems I was easily able to roll back to a previous state >>> > with updates gone awry. I believe I did an LVM install, but never >>> fully >>> > configured the whole snapshot thing. >>> > >>> > The only "data" to retrieve is Chromium browser bookmarks which I'll >>> > google how to do next. I'm ready to reinstall U20 if necessary, but >>> if >>> > there's an easier way, I'll take it. I want to set up either a >>> Synology >>> > NAS or separate Linux box running NFS to store future snapshots once I >>> > get that process configured. >>> > >>> > Thanks in advance (and past) for excellent input. >>> > M >>> > >>> > -- >>> > -- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> > Groups "NLUG" group. >>> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> > [email protected] >>> > For more options, visit this group at >>> > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> > <http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en> >>> > >>> > --- >>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> > Groups "NLUG" group. >>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> > an email to [email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> > To view this discussion on the web visit >>> > >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXaQ%2BrGbQHN%2BKH5dOBU09R8hf0NMJ1wCVo30dM2e_eSsMg%40mail.gmail.com >>> > < >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXaQ%2BrGbQHN%2BKH5dOBU09R8hf0NMJ1wCVo30dM2e_eSsMg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer >>> >. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/56585e89-00fd-e2db-f509-a8fc9ee63728%40vcch.com >>> . >>> >> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXZZ5yCqracyQw6SEYk3VKhn763_4HwybJoTF9TL3Hxfcg%40mail.gmail.com.
