minimal bash line editing error in ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Question

I tried this link but I got the following errors:

Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair'.
Please check that the PPA name or format is correct.

and even this doesn't seem to work,

nano /etc/apt/source.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-saucy.list

I got the following error,

[ Error writing /etc/apt/source.list.d/yannubuntu-boot-repair-saucy.list: No such file or directory ]

Is there any other alternative like adding the repository with other distribution of ubuntu?

Update: Report of boot-repair link

Unfortunately Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) is no longer supported, and the yannubuntu PPA does not include packages for it. You may find some helpful information in [How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release) however I suspect you will have more success running boot-repair from a Ubuntu live disk or a dedicated [boot-repair-disk](https://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/) — steeldriver, Jul 20 '16 at 20:18
@steeldriver I used boot-repair disk, and I have the following report. Yet ubuntu didn't boot up, I got the same minimal bash-like... error. The report is updated in the question — , Jul 20 '16 at 20:39
I suck at interpreting boot-repair reports - however, AFAIK you don't appear to have a Linux system on the disk (`1 disks with OS, 1 OS : 0 Linux, 0 MacOS, 1 Windows, 0 unknown type OS.`) Was this perhaps a WUBI installation? — steeldriver, Jul 20 '16 at 22:16
@steeldriver oops!, now I realise, I have formatted the partition which had ubuntu installed, but I have the backup of the most of the stuff, what shall I do? — , Jul 21 '16 at 03:28
Probably best to start with a clean install of a currently-supported release, and restore your files from the backup — steeldriver, Jul 21 '16 at 07:31

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