Mount | grep returned :
/dev/sda1 on /cdrom type vfat [+ stuff in brackets]
replaced "/dev/sda*" with "/dev/sda2" which returned nothing.
Went ahead with umount /dev/sda2 anyway (returned 'not mounted') then ran fsck -yvf. This actually went through a couple of pages finding & fixing stuff. So I exited, powered down, removed the USB & switched back on. This took me to GNU GRUB page & I selected *ubuntu*. This then went through the loading sequence on black screen & I noted /dev/sda2 as 'clean'. Then lo...
Mount | grep returned :/dev/sda1 on /cdrom type vfat [+ stuff in brackets]
replaced "/dev/sda*" with "/dev/sda2" which returned nothing.
Went ahead with umount /dev/sda2 anyway (returned 'not mounted') then ran fsck -yvf. This actually went through a couple of pages finding & fixing stuff. So I exited, powered down, removed the USB & switched back on. This took me to GNU GRUB page & I selected *ubuntu*. This then went through the loading sequence on black screen & I noted /dev/sda2 as 'clean'. Then lo...
/dev/sda1 on /cdrom type vfat [+ stuff in brackets]
replaced "/dev/sda*" with "/dev/sda2" which returned nothing.
Went ahead with umount /dev/sda2 anyway (returned 'not mounted') then ran fsck -yvf. This actually went through a couple of pages finding & fixing stuff. So I exited, powered down, removed the USB & switched back on. This took me to GNU GRUB page & I selected *ubuntu*. This then went through the loading sequence on black screen & I noted /dev/sda2 as 'clean'. Then lo...