I'd try to use a Puppy Linux Live CD to mount the Mint partition to back-up or burn stuff you want. It should also let you mount the Ubuntu partition so you can move items over to it if you like.
When all of that is done, remember to unmount the partitions, log out of Puppy, you can remove CD and not save for now. Use your preferred Live/Boot CD for hard disk partitioning to remove Mint Linux. Oh, you may need mount point info, is it still available? If you need to rebuild Grub, the Grub Live CD might help.
http://beginlinux.com/server_training/server-managment-topics/1069-supergrub
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/08/super-grub-disk-helps-linux-newbies-fix.html
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=19208
http://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/grub#TOC-The-new-Grub-2-present-in-Ubuntu-9.
http://www.linux.com/community/blogs/notes-about-grub-multiboot-configuration-filesystem-compatibility-and-repair.html
Good luck,
Joan in Reno
--- On Thu, 7/8/10, Yvette Davis <atlanteanproductions@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Yvette Davis <atlanteanproductions@gmail.com>
Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Linux Mint help
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 8, 2010, 8:06 AM
Hi everyone, I've been using Mint and Ubuntu for a couple years,and can do
pretty much everything I need to though GUI. I haven't played with the
command prompt very much, mostly because of time limitations.
Here's my problem: yesterday I was working on a writing project on my Mint
partition (updated that morning) and my whole system just froze. Nothing
responded, eventually I had to reboot (hard reboot... pushed the off button)
The computer made it to the OS selector menu (partitioned hard drive. Mint
on one partition, Ubuntu on the other). I selected Mint and got the
following error message:
*Error mounting: mount: wrong
fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda6,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so*
I've tried loading the most current version of Mint, and the back up
versions available on my OS choice menu, and I get the same error message
each time.
I've tried accessing the Mint partition from the Ubuntu side, and again..
get the same error message. I've tried running diagnostics on the Mint drive
from the Ubuntu partition, but it simply can not mount the Mint partition..
same error message.
The computer has been working fine up until now.. no slow spots, no
glitches, no noises, no indications that the hd may be going. It simply
stopped working.
I shut down my laptop (BTW, it's a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop) over night.
This morning, when I booted it up the menu where you choose which OS to use
was gone. It booted straight into Ubuntu. I can still see the Mint
partition, but still can't get to it.
This hard drive is less than a year old, and has been partitioned with Mint
and Ubuntu since I installed this hard drive.
Can anybody help me recover my Mint partition? Is it even possible to
recover it at this point? And if the Mint can't be recovered, how do I go
about installing a different OS on that partition if I can't get to it from
Ubuntu? If Mint is toast, I'd like to put a less GIU based Linux Distro on
that partition so that I force myself to take the time to learn command
prompt and more advanced Linux.
Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions!!
Yvette
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