Thread: Trying to recover 10.04 from 10.10 upgrade crash

during upgrade 10.04lts 10.10, toshiba satellite laptop suffered power supply loss(running on mains adaptor ) @ time during installation of downloaded files.
restoring power showed 10.04 splash screen, got far showing old desktop folder in place, pop-up repeatedly flashed view 0.1 second @ time says

the panel encountered problem while loading "oafid:gnome_fastuserswitchapplet"
delete don't delete

the tracker mouse icon non-operative tried keyboard strokes doesn't work during brief appearance of pop-up.

i've rebooted , tried grub menu -

"10.04.3 lts, 2.6.32-12-rtai recovery mode" gets line

[ 1.850837]exts-fs: mounted filesystem ordered data mode.
begin: running /scripts/local-bottom ...
done.
done.
begin: running /scripts/init-bottom ...
done.
[ 5.267064] adding 1253028k swap on /dev/sda5. priority:-1 extends:1 across:12538028k
_

with flashing cursor @ bottom, no change on >10 minutes.

"10.04.3 lts, 2.6.32-37-rtai recovery mode" gets line

[ 1.862216]exts-fs: mounted filesystem ordered data mode.
begin: running /scripts/local-bottom ...
done.
done.
begin: running /scripts/init-bottom ...
done.

_

other recovery kernels offered same end line, exception of 10.04 lts 2.6.24-16 rtai quotes variety of problems, finishing

busybox v1.13.3(ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) built in shell (ash)
enter 'help' list of built in commands.

(initramfs) _

this time active flashing cursor, , led me via 'help' list.
tried sudo apt-get clean command suggested on forum thread, didn't find sudo command.

there else can try before go new clean installation ?
few recent folders lost, nothing disastrous.

john

if system doesn't find sudo command, seems badly damaged. may better - prevent future problems - fresh install, in particular if can backup things need easily.

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