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Using a live cd to recover a broken debian system.

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Installed OS : Debian x86 architecture
80 gigabyte harddrive
pentium 4
using a live cd to recover a broken debian system.

I installed a falty config for nvidia, and my debian os stopped displaying graphics and went to text only. :( Luckily i had a Damn Small Linux Not cd lying around and i popped it in. Well, now, i want to load an essay from the hard drive so i can turn it in tommorrow. Problem is, damn small linux is meant to be ran from a cd. i want to load my file. Can't figure out how to get to my old installation. I had a standard install.

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Re: Using a live cd to recover a broken debian system.

Submitted by thveillon on Mon, 2008-05-12 17:39.

If you only messed-up the xorg configuration, and your Debian system is still booting to console mode, just boot, identify yourself as root (and give root password) then type :

dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

You may be asked to choose the size of your display (like 1024x768) in a list, just tick the appropriate one with the "space" key and validate. When done, reboot :

reboot

Should give you back a graphic session.

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Re: Using a live cd to recover a broken debian system.

Submitted by georgew on Tue, 2008-06-10 13:29.

Yes, It will help you to recover.

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