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Is there a meeting tonight? I have a mess to try to fix and I need some
serious help!<br>
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I have been using Ubuntu installed with Wubi so it's on a windows
virtual partition. I was trying to retrieve a deleted audio file from
my voice recorder and copied everything I found to my desktop. After
many attempts I never was able to recover the file but in the process I
created a bunch of folders with contents of the recovery process. I
trashed them but didn't delete them and they were a lot of data. I had
about 5 GB of space left on the Ubuntu virtual partition and apparently
filled it completely as when i logged out and tried to log in I got the
disk full message and discovered that it is full. My brain cramp that I
didn't empty the trash!<br>
Well here I am and I have been able to boot from an Ubuntu 8.04 disk
and have been able to mount a virtual disk using these instructions
from :<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide</a><br>
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the other options to access from Windows do not work at all.<br>
<h3
id="How can I access my Wubi install and repair my install if it won't boot?">How
can I access my Wubi install and repair my install if it won't boot?</h3>
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<p class="line874">Boot the Ubuntu Desktop CD, or another LiveCD, then
mount the windows partition: <span class="anchor" id="line-316"></span><span
class="anchor" id="line-317"></span></p>
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<pre>sudo mkdir /win
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /win</pre>
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<p class="line874">Replace sda1 with the appropriate device (a = disk,
1 = partition number), then mount the virtual disk therein <span
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<pre>sudo mkdir /vdisk
sudo mount -o loop /win/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /vdisk</pre>
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<p class="line874">Now
the content of the virtual disk will be visible under /vdisk. 7.04
users will have to install ntfs-3g first and specify it as fstype to
gain r/w access. <span class="anchor" id="line-330"></span><span
class="anchor" id="line-331"></span></p>
<p class="line874">To check the filesystem you can use: <span
class="anchor" id="line-332"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-333"></span></p>
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<pre>sudo fsck /win/ubuntu/disks/root.disk</pre>
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At this point I have tried deleting some files from the /vdisk but I
cant' do it even in a root terminal or from Nautilus started as
root-all from the ubuntu cd. I figure that if i can remove some files
or empty the trash on the vdisk I could boot Ubuntu. I could also copy
the whole home directory but I can't copy anything without a samba
error about file sharing.<br>
I need the data (don't we all?) for work and this is a major pain. If I
can copy the entire directory I can do a traditional Ubuntu install. If
I could delete some files I could boot up and increase the virtual
partition with a tool.<br>
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Advice? Cures? Miracles?<br>
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Thanks!!<br>
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