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[Tom <question77816@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #77816 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77816

    Status: Open => Answered

Tom proposed the following answer:
HI

Please can you make a cd of another gnu&linux distro called Wolvix Hunter 1.1.0
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=wolvix
and boot up from it, just press enter at the splash screen and login with "root" password "toor".  This should get you to a working desktop.  The Wolvix Control Panel should easily help you access your internet and then the firefox web-browser should be able to get you into here.  

Find the gparted partition editor and please let us know what gparted
shows in the bottom pane as we might be able to help you work out which
partitions to shrink and which to increase to get Ubuntu working better
on your machine.

Many other distros would be good for this but i find WolvixHunter is
small enough that it makes good cds, it has good hardware detection and
support for a wider range than most and crucially it's one of the fatest
booting and able to get you into gparted much faster than almost any
other distro.  Whichever distro you choose doesn't matter too much - the
important thing is getting the partitions sizes and used and free space
available into here for us to help you sort this out.

When you boot into Ubuntu it might be worth booting up with the Ubuntu
option that has "recovery mode" at the end of it's line as that takes
you to a disturbingly blue screen that has helpful menu items such as
"Clear some space" "Fix broken packages" and "Resume normal bootup"

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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