[SOLVED]Update failure has killed Linux Mint Cinnamon

[ace_75]

Hi Friends
Good A/N
I was updating Linux Mint Cinnamon 18.3 when there was a net connectivity disruption. Hence the update failed. Then I switched off my computer. Now when I try to boot into Linux Mint, it gives me a black screen with error. I can't log into Mint Cinnamon. Please help me.


How can I save my Linux Mint install.

Thanks in advance.

[Moem]

What does the error say?

[ace_75]

It gives me a black screen with a word- initramfs...

Please see the image in my previous post. Instead of the log in screen, I am getting this black screen.

[Moem]

It gives me a black screen with a word- initramfs...

That could be helpful, thanks. I've added the image to your post so people can see it easily.

[ace_75]

Please help me save this Linux partition. It has lots of data stored on it. Would be very unlucky to lose it.
Thanks in advance.

[Moem]

So make a backup before you do anything else. Boot into a live medium, and use that to copy your data.
And in the future, please make regular backups; all data that is not backed up should be regarded as data that can be lost at any moment.

[AZgl1800]

Please help me save this Linux partition. It has lots of data stored on it. Would be very unlucky to lose it.
Thanks in advance.

This will be a hard lesson if you loose it, I have practised having a full time sync'd USB backup drive for all of my personal data for years....

I too, took it in the drawers maybe 15 years ago, when I got lackadaisical and quit backing up my laptop.
then one day, I dropped the thing and it refused to boot up again.

Pulled the hard drive out, and tried to access it from a USB adapter, but it was crashed.

I am thinking that if you boot up on a LiveCD that you can see the data you have stored, and copy everything over to a ExtUSB HDD

[asinoro]

Try from live usb > terminal >

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sudo su

Find your os root partition with,

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blkid

and then,

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fsck -y /dev/sdxx

where sdxx is your os partition,
after that
reboot

[Flemur]

Now when I try to boot into Linux Mint, it gives me a black screen with error.

That's not really an error message, it's the dreaded "BusyBox" and its instructions.

Check these -
viewtopic.php?t=241789
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https://askubuntu.com/questions/137655/ ... 660#817660

[ace_75]

Try from live usb > terminal >

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sudo su

Find your os root partition with,

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blkid

and then,

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fsck -y /dev/sdxx

where sdxx is your os partition,
after that
reboot

Thanks a lot. I can get into Linux Mint now...
Many many Thanks

But now new errors have arisen. I tried upgrade through terminal, and getting this error.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/823 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
dpkg: error processing package linux-libc-dev:amd64 (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-libc-dev:amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Please help me again, how to get rid of this error.

[Sir Charles]

dpkg: error processing package linux-libc-dev:amd64 (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration

Maybe you should reinstall the mentioned package?
sudo apt install --reinstall linux-libc-dev

[ace_75]

Many many Thanks.