Reset while installing updates-now system not boot properly

[kwisher]

Give your root password and you will be at a terminal prompt. Then type "apt-get update" then "apt-get upgrade" (no quotes). You may be given instructions to run another command. I have been in this same situation before and followed the instructions give and it fixed the problem. I was not in the middle of a kernel upgrade though so I am not sure about my suggestions. There is one other command you can try if the above does not work:

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apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes dist-upgrade

Hope this helps.

[kwisher]

At this point I cannot offer any suggestions but to reinstall Mint. I am sure someone here can help you with this problem but it really would be much faster to reinstall.

[DrHu]

You don't say whether it is 32bit or 64bit, I am assuming 32bit, but it is the same issue for a library missing; find the library, and replace the bad one, see if you get a boot and a good fs (file system) check/scan..

Raising the skinny elephant is utterly boring.
http://www.junauza.com/2009/01/linux-ke ... afely.html
http://www.geekology.co.za/blog/2009/06 ... ly-boring/

Try
--the sysreq key if not marked is the Print Screen key

• Alt+SysRq+r r - put keyboard in raw mode
  Alt+SysRq+s s - sync the disk
  Alt+SysRq+e e - terminate all processes
  Alt+SysRq+i i - kill all processes
  Alt+SysRq+u u - remount all filesystems read only
  Alt+SysRq+b b - reboot the system

The only other thing you can try is to locate the lib file (/lib/libuuid.so.1 ) that is corrupted, elsewhere in the system, and replace it, perhaps you could get it from the live CD..