Questions tagged [system-recovery]
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What is the proper way of backing up raid
I have a two disk server where root is on a mirrored LVM volume, while /boot and /boot/efi are RAID1 partitions.
I want to fully backup my server, so that when a disaster happens (both disks fail, or ...
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Using Photorec after accidentally deleting Users folder in Mac using rm -rf ~/
I copied this command online to the terminal without reading what it actually does (I know this is very dumb for a beginner) and suddenly, it started to delete every important file in the hard drive.
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Recover broken ubuntu image
I created a .gz archive of a disk image (Ubuntu 18.04) of one of my virtual servers with the following command:
dd if=/dev/sdb | gzip -1 - | pv | ssh user@ip dd of=/home/user/sdb.gz
While unpacking ...
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How to restore /etc/sudoers, after making a mess and getting unable to use sudo?
I'm learning how to give sudo permission to different users.
At my first try editing /etc/sudoers, I made a syntax flaw and was unable to use sudo.
Whenever I would use sudo command, this message ...
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GRUB rescue not working. Shows unknown file system for all partitions
I've tried to install Kali Linux along with a Ubuntu 20.04 and Windows 10.
First install was perfect,but I'm getting thrown into GRUB rescue now.
All partitions are showing file system unknown,even in ...
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hard disk failure, diagnostic and fixing
There was a hard disk failure on my laptop. 500GB SATA disk. So I'll have to replace the disk and try to recover user data. Disk is about 4 year old. Not sure how serious the disk corruption is. I did ...
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Time Machine system recovery alternative for linux
Does a Linux alternative to Time Machine (macOS) exist? I'm looking for the recovery mode feature that lets you restore the system completely.
Can programs like Cronopete or Back in Time do that?
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Linux Ubuntu crash & errors during boot
Ubuntu 16.04LTS, system crashes during boot with multiple errors.
How to fix and recover system? (in details)
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How can I repair a Linux installation after mistakenly running rm -rf /*?
I executed rm -rf /* as root while in the /var directory on a RHEL7 system. I pressed Ctrl+C as soon as I realized to stop the operation, but I am now unable to log into the system. I don't know how ...
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Fedora 32/33 - Recovery mode unbootable after release upgrade
After the release upgrade to version 33 the recovery mode is no longer bootable as it is based on fedora 32 which is no longer present.
I use disk encryption and when trying to enter recovery mode, ...
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Locked out: overwrote /etc/shadow and /etc/grub.d with pacnew
After all these years of using Linux, I have never goofed up this badly. I should have known better, I honestly don't know what I was thinking.
While trying to fix a small error message I was getting (...
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Mac OS 10.12 - Accidentally Unlinked libz.1.dylib
Ran:
unlink /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib
Now I can't launch from my user profile.
I have been able to run in recovery mode, where I can see the .dylib in question is there, but running in single-user mode I ...
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Is it possible to switch to active Linux installation from Recovery mode?
Noob here. I have Pop OS 20.04 installed on my laptop. I've been getting these sudden freeze-outs where I get dialogues like "disk is read-only" when I'm doing something. Then I restart, and ...
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Clonezilla restoring to a different partition
After a crash on my hard drive, I had to start from scratch. I reorganized the different systems and their appropriate partitions.
I had the required partitions and their sizes set up.
The only ...
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Accidentally deleted /usr/ directory in CentOS 8
Accidentally /usr/ directory got deleted, in Cent OS 8. For recovering CentOS, I have found this link which needs live CentOS 8 installed in USB drive. However CentOS 8 doesn't have live ISO release ...
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Ubuntu stops at booting
My laptop came with ubuntu lts preinstalled, i installed kde desktop&co via neon package sources. I've been using it for couple of months well-working. I left my laptop for acouple of minutes, and ...
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Modify /etc/passwd file without logging in
I was experimenting with the /etc/passwd file in my Ubuntu 18.04. I rebooted my machine to check whether the changes are affected. But unfortunately I am not even able to go to the login screen.
The ...
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Initrd - rebooting issue
I recently booted into Root via Ubuntu kernel recovery mode. When I finished what I was doing, and not altering anything in my system, I tried to reboot with shutdown -r now. This started various ...
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How do I recover deleted files?
Today I mistakenly deleted files inside the public_html folder.
There is no backup of deleted files.
Is there a way to recover information?
thanks
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Linux kernel development dual booting Linux/Windows
I want to get into kernel development, and the first practical step is obviously to run a Linux kernel to develop.
I think the best solution for me would be to dual boot windows and Linux, with Linux ...
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Recover deleted files from a virtual disk image
I need help.
Accidentally, all files from root were deleted. It was not me)
It is easy if there would be simple disk partition. But, there is logical volumes used.
Centos 7
KVM
QEMU
$ ll server.img
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Why is mv failing in this (bash) shell script in bash 3.2 during Mac OS recovery mode?
I'm trying to move some files using a bash script on a mac during recovery mode. I can successfully move the files by manually entering the command in Terminal after booting into recovery. However, ...
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Got stuck in Emergency mode with ACPI Error
I am using ubuntu 16.04. I probably have done sth which damaged the system file. After reboot, I am stucked in emergency mode. The error is about ACPI like below. I am not sure what is wrong here. ...
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Accidently moved /usr/lib64 how can I restore
I was trying to free up space and clueless moved /usr/lib64/ to "/srv/maraba_ssd_scratch/apelin/root_files/usr_lib64". The next thing I was going to do is create a symlink in usr for lib64 to point to ...
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Is it possible to recover overwritten files from another operating System on the current operating system?
On my PC I had 2 operating sytems (ubuntu and windows) and for about 5 days I wanted to reinstall my Windows OS because of some bugs but instead of installing it on the partition where my old version ...
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How can you complete a Debian installation interrupted just before “Finish installation”?
I am trying to get Debian installed on a device that doesn't have enough battery capacity to power the display on full brightness for long enough to complete an installation, even while plugged in. I'...
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Ubuntu 18.4.2 failsafex running in low graphics mode
Ubuntu fail safex running in low graphics mode
I changed my theme from unity to gnome from ubuntu login and forgot to change the display manager to gdm3.
And then I restarted low graphics mode.
So ...
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Change permisions of a file with my cat's help
root@system:~# less myfile
-bash: /bin/less: Input/output error
The root filesystem is dead. But my cat is still alive (in my memory):
root@system:~# cat > /tmp/somefile
C^d
root@system:~#
He's ...
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Trouble on Debian boot up “Timed out waiting for device dev-disk…”
I can't boot my Debian 9.5 with following errors. If I remember correctly ACPI Errors were shown every time I turn on PC. But computer always boot right with these errors, so I didn't care much. The ...
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Cannot log in because of corrupted .bash_profile [duplicate]
I have created a new user account.
I can't access it because of a .bash_profile error.
How can I repair this type of error?
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How to import bash history with correct time&date from a history output?
I have a file with my bash history and want to "import" the commands on a new machine. The file contains a history output formatted as HISTTIMEFORMAT="%F%t%T%t":
$ history > history.txt
So the ...
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/var/lib/dpkg/ disappeared after fsck
All apt-like commands failed to create the lock file, because /var/lib/dpkg/ doesn't exist. Also, /lost+found/ has contents:
pi@pi-top:~ $ sudo ls -al /lost+found/
total 102456
drwx------ 11 root ...
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CentOS trying to mount non existant RAID array -> recovery mode
My first try using RAID1 ended with CentOS not starting anymore - throwing me into Recovery mode. Luckily a test system
At first i set-up the raid1 which worked rather good. Later i noticed that my ...
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Failure to boot after running bash script
I just recently ran a bash script that froze up my Linux mint machine, and I had no choice but to hold power key to perform a hard power off.
Now my machine will not boot.
I have no clue if the bash ...
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busybox and nfs mounts
As part of a startup a rescuecd uses busybox to mount a nfs share with data, but during the nfs share mount, busybox (version v1.18.2 from systemrescuecd) always fails to mount the nfs share. And i do ...
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recovery boot hangs at “systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Socket”
Can no longer boot into Debian testing, possibly because I accidentally uninstalled some undocumentedly critical package.
In regular boot, system hangs after confirming that the root fs is clean.
In ...
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Linux Mint kernel damage
First off: I am running Linux Mint 18.2 on an External HDD with Gnome 3 as my desktop.
Recently, I was trying to figure out how to compress my OS so I could move it to a different system. So, I ran:
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Can't log in because I forgot my user name
My friend had put Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon 64 bit on my computer. Well, I forgot the user name, so I did a search on the Net for "forgot username linux" and came here.
I got the suggestion to hit '...
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How to avoid a situation where the system is too out-of-memory to even show or kill processes?
I recently ran into a situation where a system was too out-of-memory to even run pkill or htop, or to even create a swap file.
(But somehow I could still SSH into the system, so at least I had a ...
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Delete file in hard drive root folder using recovery disk
I made changes to my xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/ after backing it up.
Some bad things happened and now I cannot access tty or the logon screen.
The only way is via a recovery USB drive.
How can I ...
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What command is run when the dpkg option is selected in recovery mode?
I recently ran into the following situation:
I could not boot my computer normally. (I was shown a blinking cursor after the boot-loader and Ubunutu load screen but before the login page while never ...
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Did Windows update corrupt a Linux partition? [closed]
I have a dual boot system with Linux Mint 18.1 and Windows 10, which I only use occasionally. I booted into Windows 10, and it started applying updates. Upon restarts I was presented with the:
error: ...
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Reinstalling only packages with missing or corrupt files on a non-running system?
1st. Thanks in advance.
This is somewhat like # 216697: Reinstalling packages with missing/corrupt files except in that person's situation, after recovery, the system still worked. Mine does not. Can'...
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How to recoever after executing rm -f /bin/su; rm -f /usr/bin/sudo (with correct privileges)?
This is a theoretical question. What if I run those commands with correct privileges? How could I restore su and sudo?
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Can I create a Live DVD of my currently running Debian system?
Can I create a live CD of my currently running Debian setup? (Debian 9.1 with KDE with all the configurations I made, all the packages I installed and some files.)
How can I do that?
And in addition ...
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Set permissions using chmod whilst in the wrong directory
I was doing a magento patch via Terminal and ran the following commands whilst in / rather than /public_html
find . -type d -exec chmod 500 {} \;
find . -type f -exec chmod 400 {} \;
find var/ -type ...
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Can `chmod -R 777 /bin` be recovered from?
I know that chmod -R 777 / is extremely destructive, and I know that a chmod -R 000 /bin can be recovered by using an additional disk, but I'm wondering about chmod -R 777 /bin.
If I have a root ...
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I overwrote all libraries in /lib64 by accident, how to fix?
I accidentally used windows copy syntax when copying libraries from one folder to another:
mv /usr/local/lib/libboost** /lib64/*
This overwrote all libraries needed to run the system. The only ...
asked May 24 '17 at 13:26
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How to recover Ubuntu?
This question has come from the previous question I asked in this site.
My laptop has 2 Operating systems of Ubuntu as can be seen in the screen-shot below. The one where I logged in is visible in ...
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Recover Debian 8.7 after accidently purging essential packages [closed]
Trying to get rid of strange startup errors I purged some of the essential packages. My xfce4 doesn't start on boot, which is not too bad, I still have the tty, but I also have no network connection, ...
