What Happens With The /boot Directory Is Full In Ubuntu 12.04.5?

Help!! In 12.04.5 Ubuntu, the /boot directory was full and had a lot of duplicate files from different dates, some I thought were unnecessary headers of updates. However, one series of files was called vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic. I moved all the files to /obsolete_files. I rebooted after having trouble upgrading packages (I think this is a second problem with this machine). I now get the following prompt.
grub rescue>

Is there a way to access the directory system so that I can move those files back? I really only need to retrieve one or two files off the system.

Code:

grub rescue>ls
(hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos1) (fd0)

It doesn't under boot, or insmod. I can set prefixes. Am I doomed?

Hi all! I'm a Linux/Ubuntu noob who has recently bought a brand new HP laptop, nuked the Win 8 OS that it came/w & installed Ubuntu 14.04LTS. After DL/installing apps & setting it up a bit I decided to use gparted & partition my HDD for an additional OS, isolate programs from files, adjust swap, etc. All went well until I was prompted to reboot which I did & now I'm stuck @

" BusyBox v1.21.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1) multi-call binary.

usage: chroot NEWROOT [PROG ARGS]

Run PROG with root directory set to NEWROOT "

Which invariably produces: (no matter what command I enter?!?)

" (initramfs) boot from BIOS
/bin/sh: boot: not found "

I'm quite confused @ how to proceed here?

My primary concern is the health of my machine through/after this is worked out.
That said, I'd love to not have to re-install Ubuntu/apps, etc. as I was partitioning the HDD because I had gotten it to a nice back-up place & felt ready to set it up.
Like I said I'm new to Linux/Ubuntu & waayyy behind on my terminal coding, but I could really use some pointers here & I'm not usually hard to teach. lol
Help?! :-[
Thanx!
Embarrassingly yours, WS.

Hey Newbie Here

Have A Acer C720 Chomebook With An Upgraded SSD 128GB, Run Ubuntu Threw Cruton But Dont Know To Much

Have Legacy Boot And Really Into Messing Around

Looking For A Bootable Virtual Machine OS, What I Mean Is A Small Operating System With Enough To Support Hardware And Qemu Or Better Installation, Size Dose'nt Matter And Hopefully Something Already Put Together But I Can Understand Instructons

I Once Found A Tinycore Iso That Was Bootable And Booted Straight Into A Partition-er - A Bootable Partition-er And All Around Bootable Disk Management Os..... I Love The Idea Of Bootable Software, It Was Only Like 40+ Megs

Ive Looked All Around Google And Couldent Find Anything

Tried To Make one Myself And Cant Understand How To Put Together Something Like That

Even Just A Terminal That Boots Qemu With The Right Command Or Something That Compares To A Bootable Tinycore Program

Thanks, Open To Better Newer Ideas , And Anything Helps

I have tried installing a Ubuntu OS onto a partition (sda3).
When I had difficulties with the install, I decided to delete everything from the partition.

But now when I boot the computer, I get taken to the 'grub rescue' prompt.
I have tried to find grub in my other partitions (sda1 and sda2).
However, the command 'ls (hd0,msdos1)/' for example, does not show a grub directory.
It must've transferred grub to sda3 somehow and now I've deleted it.

I have debian live USB and am trying to install grub with:
Code:

apt-get install-grub /dev/sda

But I get the error message:
Code:

bash: grub-install: command not found

So now I don't know what's going on. Can anyone please help?

Hi,

I am new to the Ubuntu OS and really enjoying it but currently have an issue with my Acer Aspire ES1 512 laptop with regards to getting the machine to completely shutdown or restart.

It is not a dual boot setup, 100 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS install but when I attempt to press the "Shutdown" option at the top right, it looks like the machine is shutting down, shows the Ubuntu logo with dots but does not physically turn off the machine.

At the moment, I have to physically press and hold the power button.

FYI, I have also tried sudo shutdown -h now

Any ides/help would be great as it's the only issue I am currently experiencing.

Thanks.

Hello all,

I am new to linux but not new to PC's.

I am self taught in everything i know so far.

I have an issue i am looking for some guidance on, i have burned an ISO copy of AVLinux & booted from the Live DVD.

chose to install on partition & created all the necessary file systems etc with GParted then proceeded with the install.

Completed install but when i try to boot no joy.

I have EasyBCD installed on Vista to manage to boot processes.

I am able to get to Grub4dos window & grub> prompt.

I have tried many commands of which i have identifeid the partition is there as correct filesystem, when running the /vmlin....TAB command it locates the name of the linux distro, if i set the drive partition to makeactive it boots up saying no operating system them have to change it back to Vista.

I have two pics that show the grub configuration reading from the live DVD, the install appears to have some missing or not right as opposed to the DVD, can anyone assisst how i can fix this issue?

Do i have to copy each file over manually from the Live DVD's folders?

Cant attach images here so here is the differeneces,

these are the listing on the Grub configuartion being read using the Live DVD,

1. /etc/grub.d
2. /boot/grub/device.map
3. grub-install
4. grub-mkconfig
5. grub-mkdevicemap--device
6. grub-mkfont
7. /boot/grub
8. /boot/grub/grub.cfg
9. /etc/default/grub

Here is what way they are on Live DVD,

1. Present
2. Present
3. Present
4. Present
5. Present
6. Present
7. Present
8. Yellow information bubble
9. Present

My install on partition,

1. Present
2. Yellow information bubble
3. Red X bubble
4. Red X bubble
5. Yellow information bubble
6. Present
7. Yellow information bubble
8. Yellow information bubble
9. Present

what do i need to do to remedy this?

i have attempted the install on couple of different drives, no success.

I install fgrlx driver on vivid os the driver look like is istalled correct on system and built the necessary kernel modules because the dpkg log not report any errors, i configured the driver by simple commands like:

sudo aticonfig --initial

sudo aticonfig --screen-layout=on

i reboot the machine , but i face an strange issue the boot splash screen is hangup,i cant enter my lvm password to boot the system, i was have a chance to boot into rescue mode when boot to rescue mode the display not read by the system i try to export display by

export DISPLAY=:0

I try to configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf there is not good resaults the boot splash still hang up

I edited the grub , i uncomment "quiet splash" modified by "nomodeset"

i can boot without boot splash but im faced other issue i cant switch to virtual tty

i dont know is this a bug in the driver or in the kernel

any suggest

Hello!

TL;DR: Deleted Linux partition from Windows. Stuck at Grub rescue prompt.

I'm sorry to trouble you guys, because I'm an idiot.

So I'm wanting to dual-boot Kalilinux and Windows 8.
I went through the steps such as creating a bootable USB, changing the
boot order and so on. I get into Kali, start Gparted and try to partition stuff.

I'm far from an expert, so I wasn't sure what to do. Long-story short, I
didn't seem to get Kali installed correctly, due to something with an EFI
drive being required. So I boot into windows and then stupidly, because it said in the guide,try to "uninstall" Kali by removing it's partition, inside Win8 haha... So I did.

Now I simply get the Grub rescue command prompt when I boot from the same
USB and I have no idea how to fix it. I've run bootrec.exe/fixmbr in Windows haha,
for what it's worth. However Grub can't find any partition it says.

In windows, I have like... 2-3 Recovery partitions. Does anyone know how to remove
them??? I've tried to clear as much as I can, besides the C drive and Auxillary D drive.

Any advice would be very appreciated.

On Ubuntu 14.04 it never boots right away. Only after several
F-key tries will it finally boot, then it works fine, till next turn-on.
Can I reload or replace Ubuntu 14.04 in this case?
Thanks

My machine is Ubuntu/Win7 dual-boot. I want to install CentOS7 over Win7.
If I pop the live CD in and boot up CentOS 7 and install it, will it give me an option to install on a certain partition?