On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 07:34:56AM +0700, MartinGary Padgett wrote:
Consequently I have abandoned attempts to resolve alone this computer failure. I am now seeking assistance from the Debian-user group to help me. I will be grateful for any assistance from those in the group can help me.
This is definitely *not* my field, but I'll try my best!
Instead I saw on the monitor a long list of 'failure messages' partially shown in the attachments to this message.
There I found a series of obtuse, at least to me, lines which may be relevant. If so, this neophyte is incapable of interpreting them.
At the end of the list is the statement "you are in emergency mode" and a series of instructions ostensibly to eliminate the failures.
It's always better to attach the full log if possible, because it's easier to help you if we can see the whole situation. Also, I recommend using https://paste.debian.net instead of Google Drive (which I suspect Gmail used without telling you in your first message). Many users on Debian lists - including me - are not eager to cope with Google(-like) services, and you are more likely to receive useful answers if you follow local customs.
Unfortunately I could use them because the computer was not responding to any attempt in any way to access it.
What do you mean by "not responding"? Did key presses produce any output? If so, what, and if not, did you try an external keyboard?
Instead I will try what I expect will be a quicker way to restore the computer: to reinstall the OS.For this purpose I used a CD-R disk Netinstall, "amd 64,12.7.0 Bookworm"[...]I did however ascertain that what I needed is some way to install grub etc. independent of what is already in the computer.
Since you already tried to reinstall, and thus your data is gone already, it would probably be better to just try again to reinstall everything from scratch. I recommend you try to install Debian 13.3.0, which is the latest version, in case someone fixed an obscure bugs affecting you. Just ask a friend to prepare for an installation drive for you.
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Cheers, -- Ceppo https://wiki.debian.org/Ceppo Please, encrypt our messages with the key at the link above and send me yours.
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