Can't boot Windows

[Mephistus]

this is the screenshot

[Edge100x]

It sounds like it didn't copy all the files to the ramdisk correctly. Please try turning the VDS off and then starting it again -- hopefully it works the next time.

If not, try once more, and then open a support request. I'll put on a newer Gentoo DVD that might have a fixed script.

[Mephistus]

Sadly, it didn't work... =/ I've already opened the support request.

Thanks.

[Mephistus]

result of the command:

[Edge100x]

Very odd. How about:

ls /dev/xv*

If that still doesn't show anything, you'll have to try the original boot disk again, and I'll be left wondering why in the heck it doesn't detect your drive.

[Mephistus]

here it is

[Edge100x]

Ok, that's good. (It must be using new Xen drivers to see the disk, which is a brand-new feature.)

Modify your mount line to this, then:

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mount -t ntfs /dev/xvda2 /mnt

[Mephistus]

lo. stuck on the same problem again

[Edge100x]

Ouch. Well, try rebooting again until it works. I tested three times with a VDS here and this problem happened on the third time, so it seems to be intermittent. Quite an odd issue for Gentoo to have. (To speed things up, just type "ifconfig" as your first command after it boots, and see if it tells you it is bad.)

If it still won't work after a number of tries, you could try the Gentoo LiveCD instead, pull up a console window, and execute the same commands.

[Mephistus]

This is really weird...

the "ifconfig" works only before the "mount", not after it

[Edge100x]

Ah, it might be that it uses /mnt for its own purposes, then.

Follow these amended directions instead:

1. Go to the "Server control" page in the control panel and select an "install-amd64-minimal" ISO from the option for your first virtual DVD drive. Check the box to have it boot from this, and click "Change drive configuration".
2. Use the Reboot option at the top of that page.
3. Go to the VNC console page and wait for it to finish booting. You should be presented with a command prompt.
4. Enter this command to mount your hard drive:
   

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   mount -t ntfs /dev/hda2 /mnt/gentoo

   (If that shows an error, try with /dev/sda2, and if that doesn't work, stop, and let me know what it says.)
5. Set up your IP address (x.x.x.x), netmask (y.y.y.y), and gateway (z.z.z.z), culled from your "IP list" page in the control panel:
   

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   ifconfig eth0 x.x.x.x netmask y.y.y.y
   route add default gw z.z.z.z

6. Set a system password by typing "passwd" and enter, then entering the same thing twice.
7. Start SSH:
   

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   /etc/init.d/sshd start

8. Load up an SCP client such as WinSCP on your home machine and tell it to connect to the IP address of your VDS. Use username "root" and the password that you set previously.
9. Navigate to the "/mnt/gentoo" folder and drag-and-drop files that you need to rescue to your home machine.

[Mephistus]

I did as you said, and it returned a different error this time:

[Mephistus]

I've rebooted multiple times. Now it finally works!

Thank you so much, you're the best

I'm going to save my backup now.

And thanks again.

[Edge100x]

Phew, I'm glad to hear that!