going from 14.04 LTS to 16.04.1

[Liam Proven]

On 26 August 2016 at 02:19, Pastor JW <rev.olson at gmail.com> wrote:
> The computer won't boot.

What error messages does it display? *Verbatim* -- this is really important.

>  It won't connect to anything either anymore.

That conflicts with the previous sentence.

>  I
> can get a cli but it can't seem to find any commands that work so nothing so
> far has done anything.

What CLI? What is the prompt? What does it say when you try any commands?

>  I answered all questions as will as I could by
> typing in what came up on the stricken computer's screen into another
> computer which still can connect to the network.

You could even write them on a piece of paper. Legacy technologies
still work. Or you could photograph the screen and put the pics on a
photo-sharing site.

>  Copy and paste doesn't
> work from computer to computer.

How would it if it won't boot? I'm honestly mystified.

Can you boot it from CD, DVD or live USB media?




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