I cannot boot to the desktop because I filled the file system. How do I reclaim some space?
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My memory is completely full when I tried following the data recovery and copied the wrong file using command line tool Test Disk. As it was taking so long to copy, I turned it off and I realized I copied the wrong file. Now my laptop memory is now full and lead me to more problems.
I have had similar problems to :
Ubuntu boots on terminal only, how do I recover the GUI desktop?
"dev/sda1: clean, ..." This message appears after I startup my laptop, then it won't continue booting
Now my screen keeps blinking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN4twl0V8JQ
Can anybody help?
Many thanks. Wish you all the best.
boot grub2 data-recovery desktop-environments
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My memory is completely full when I tried following the data recovery and copied the wrong file using command line tool Test Disk. As it was taking so long to copy, I turned it off and I realized I copied the wrong file. Now my laptop memory is now full and lead me to more problems.
I have had similar problems to :
Ubuntu boots on terminal only, how do I recover the GUI desktop?
"dev/sda1: clean, ..." This message appears after I startup my laptop, then it won't continue booting
Now my screen keeps blinking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN4twl0V8JQ
Can anybody help?
Many thanks. Wish you all the best.
boot grub2 data-recovery desktop-environments
edited Nov 29 at 10:01
Andrea Lazzarotto
5,64322549
asked Nov 28 at 2:56
LifeIsATest
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If you'd have left it running, it is possible that you'd have run out of disk space and you'd have got an error, and could have deleted it straight away. If however it did fit, you could have just deleted the large file. It's likely your issues are mostly from turning your machine off (without allowing it the shutdown). If it were me, I'd boot a live disk (eg. install media) &fsck(do a file system check), then boot it, use a tty (terminal, say ctrl+alt+f4) to login, delete the the file you didn't want - then reboot or restart gui & try logging in normally.
– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:08
The "/dev/sda?: clean 9999/9999 files, 9999/999 blocks" message is your system doing afsckbecause it detected an abnormal condition (such as abnormal shutdown the last time it booted because it was turned off) and means little. It occurs after a certain number of boots (eg. 30) just as preventative maintenance so is nothing to worry about. The 'clean' is actually good news!
– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:12
If it's not graphics card related, this should fix the problem over here: askubuntu.com/questions/947126/…
– Dave
Nov 28 at 3:26
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @Dave
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:32
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @guiverc
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:33
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up vote
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My memory is completely full when I tried following the data recovery and copied the wrong file using command line tool Test Disk. As it was taking so long to copy, I turned it off and I realized I copied the wrong file. Now my laptop memory is now full and lead me to more problems.
I have had similar problems to :
Ubuntu boots on terminal only, how do I recover the GUI desktop?
"dev/sda1: clean, ..." This message appears after I startup my laptop, then it won't continue booting
Now my screen keeps blinking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN4twl0V8JQ
Can anybody help?
Many thanks. Wish you all the best.
boot grub2 data-recovery desktop-environments
edited Nov 29 at 10:01
Andrea Lazzarotto
5,64322549
asked Nov 28 at 2:56
LifeIsATest
124
My memory is completely full when I tried following the data recovery and copied the wrong file using command line tool Test Disk. As it was taking so long to copy, I turned it off and I realized I copied the wrong file. Now my laptop memory is now full and lead me to more problems.
I have had similar problems to :
Ubuntu boots on terminal only, how do I recover the GUI desktop?
"dev/sda1: clean, ..." This message appears after I startup my laptop, then it won't continue booting
Now my screen keeps blinking:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN4twl0V8JQ
Can anybody help?
Many thanks. Wish you all the best.
boot grub2 data-recovery desktop-environments
boot grub2 data-recovery desktop-environments
edited Nov 29 at 10:01
Andrea Lazzarotto
5,64322549
asked Nov 28 at 2:56
LifeIsATest
124
edited Nov 29 at 10:01
Andrea Lazzarotto
5,64322549
asked Nov 28 at 2:56
LifeIsATest
124
edited Nov 29 at 10:01
Andrea Lazzarotto
5,64322549
edited Nov 29 at 10:01
Andrea Lazzarotto
5,64322549
edited Nov 29 at 10:01
Andrea Lazzarotto
5,64322549
5,64322549
asked Nov 28 at 2:56
LifeIsATest
124
asked Nov 28 at 2:56
LifeIsATest
124
asked Nov 28 at 2:56
LifeIsATest
124
124
If you'd have left it running, it is possible that you'd have run out of disk space and you'd have got an error, and could have deleted it straight away. If however it did fit, you could have just deleted the large file. It's likely your issues are mostly from turning your machine off (without allowing it the shutdown). If it were me, I'd boot a live disk (eg. install media) &fsck(do a file system check), then boot it, use a tty (terminal, say ctrl+alt+f4) to login, delete the the file you didn't want - then reboot or restart gui & try logging in normally.
– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:08
The "/dev/sda?: clean 9999/9999 files, 9999/999 blocks" message is your system doing afsckbecause it detected an abnormal condition (such as abnormal shutdown the last time it booted because it was turned off) and means little. It occurs after a certain number of boots (eg. 30) just as preventative maintenance so is nothing to worry about. The 'clean' is actually good news!
– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:12
If it's not graphics card related, this should fix the problem over here: askubuntu.com/questions/947126/…
– Dave
Nov 28 at 3:26
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @Dave
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:32
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @guiverc
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:33
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If you'd have left it running, it is possible that you'd have run out of disk space and you'd have got an error, and could have deleted it straight away. If however it did fit, you could have just deleted the large file. It's likely your issues are mostly from turning your machine off (without allowing it the shutdown). If it were me, I'd boot a live disk (eg. install media) &fsck(do a file system check), then boot it, use a tty (terminal, say ctrl+alt+f4) to login, delete the the file you didn't want - then reboot or restart gui & try logging in normally.
– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:08
The "/dev/sda?: clean 9999/9999 files, 9999/999 blocks" message is your system doing afsckbecause it detected an abnormal condition (such as abnormal shutdown the last time it booted because it was turned off) and means little. It occurs after a certain number of boots (eg. 30) just as preventative maintenance so is nothing to worry about. The 'clean' is actually good news!
– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:12
If it's not graphics card related, this should fix the problem over here: askubuntu.com/questions/947126/…
– Dave
Nov 28 at 3:26
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @Dave
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:32
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @guiverc
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:33
If you'd have left it running, it is possible that you'd have run out of disk space and you'd have got an error, and could have deleted it straight away. If however it did fit, you could have just deleted the large file. It's likely your issues are mostly from turning your machine off (without allowing it the shutdown). If it were me, I'd boot a live disk (eg. install media) &
fsck (do a file system check), then boot it, use a tty (terminal, say ctrl+alt+f4) to login, delete the the file you didn't want - then reboot or restart gui & try logging in normally.– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:08
If you'd have left it running, it is possible that you'd have run out of disk space and you'd have got an error, and could have deleted it straight away. If however it did fit, you could have just deleted the large file. It's likely your issues are mostly from turning your machine off (without allowing it the shutdown). If it were me, I'd boot a live disk (eg. install media) &
fsck (do a file system check), then boot it, use a tty (terminal, say ctrl+alt+f4) to login, delete the the file you didn't want - then reboot or restart gui & try logging in normally.– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:08
The "/dev/sda?: clean 9999/9999 files, 9999/999 blocks" message is your system doing a
fsck because it detected an abnormal condition (such as abnormal shutdown the last time it booted because it was turned off) and means little. It occurs after a certain number of boots (eg. 30) just as preventative maintenance so is nothing to worry about. The 'clean' is actually good news!– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:12
The "/dev/sda?: clean 9999/9999 files, 9999/999 blocks" message is your system doing a
fsck because it detected an abnormal condition (such as abnormal shutdown the last time it booted because it was turned off) and means little. It occurs after a certain number of boots (eg. 30) just as preventative maintenance so is nothing to worry about. The 'clean' is actually good news!– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:12
If it's not graphics card related, this should fix the problem over here: askubuntu.com/questions/947126/…
– Dave
Nov 28 at 3:26
If it's not graphics card related, this should fix the problem over here: askubuntu.com/questions/947126/…
– Dave
Nov 28 at 3:26
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @Dave
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:32
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @Dave
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:32
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @guiverc
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:33
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @guiverc
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:33
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If you'd have left it running, it is possible that you'd have run out of disk space and you'd have got an error, and could have deleted it straight away. If however it did fit, you could have just deleted the large file. It's likely your issues are mostly from turning your machine off (without allowing it the shutdown). If it were me, I'd boot a live disk (eg. install media) &
fsck(do a file system check), then boot it, use a tty (terminal, say ctrl+alt+f4) to login, delete the the file you didn't want - then reboot or restart gui & try logging in normally.– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:08
The "/dev/sda?: clean 9999/9999 files, 9999/999 blocks" message is your system doing a
fsckbecause it detected an abnormal condition (such as abnormal shutdown the last time it booted because it was turned off) and means little. It occurs after a certain number of boots (eg. 30) just as preventative maintenance so is nothing to worry about. The 'clean' is actually good news!– guiverc
Nov 28 at 3:12
If it's not graphics card related, this should fix the problem over here: askubuntu.com/questions/947126/…
– Dave
Nov 28 at 3:26
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @Dave
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:32
I went on Advanced opttions for ubuntu> recovery mode> fsck> it says "/dev/sda1 is mounted. e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting." Can anybody show me greater detail ???? It would be such a great help. Please help. Thank you. You all the best. I still have very important files on this laptop including family and work. @guiverc
– LifeIsATest
Nov 28 at 4:33