Ubuntu 12.04 stopped working after reboot following upgrade.

[timebirds]

Well, my machine stopped working when I rebooted it. I had just finished completely upgrading to Ubuntu 12.04 from 11.10. I got a warning about it possibly not being able to boot the next time. Something like xva1 and 2 or something. Anyway, I can't connect to SSH or VNC, and my Vent server, websites, and Minecraft server are all down. If I could get my Minecraft server files, my mySQL databases and my website files, my apache config, and my vent server config files off of there and then reinstall, I guess that would work.

[Edge100x]

Have you tried booting with a LiveCD/install CD and attempting to access your files that way? One way to do this would be with the Gentoo one. After booting it up, try a command like this to mount the drive:

mount /dev/xvda2 /mnt/gentoo

If that succeeds, look at its contents to make sure they're right:

ls /mnt/gentoo

If they are, then assign an IP and default route (using information from the "IP List" page in your control panel):

ifconfig eth0 your.assigned.ip.address your.assigned.net.mask
ip route add default via your.assigned.gateway.ip
echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf

If the response to the second line was "command not found", try this alternate one:

route add default gw your.assigned.gateway.ip eth0

Then, assign a password:

passwd

And start SSHD:

/etc/init.d/sshd start

Finally, connect with your favorite SCP client (I use WinSCP), navigate to /mnt/gentoo, and copy off the files that you need to back up.

In terms of fixing your Ubuntu boot problem, a quick Googling turned this up, which may help: http://askubuntu.com/questions/125428/g ... lling-1204. Note that, before typing the commands they give, you will likely need to assign your IP as you did with Gentoo.

[timebirds]

I can't find the Gentoo disk.

[Edge100x]

The Gentoo disk will be labelled "install-amd64-minimal.." or something similar. Use the one with the most recent date if multiple versions are listed.

[timebirds]

I can't connect via VNC using tightVNC. The site one is stuck at the Java loading screen. Am I supposed to connect another way?

The install-amd64-minimal-20120223 disk is selected and Try to boot from drive #1 before the hard disk is checked

[Edge100x]

If it says "Connected to server", that means that you or someone else has it open already. Check your other open windows.

You will need to reboot through the "Server control" page to boot up from the new boot disk after making those changes.

[timebirds]

I'm not connected anywhere else, and no one else has access to my account. Any clue on why I'm stuck on the Java screen when I try to load it?

[Edge100x]

Do you have a frozen Java process (try looking for one in your task manager)? Try rebooting your machine, or logging out and back in.

[timebirds]

Do you have a frozen Java process (try looking for one in your task manager)? Try rebooting your machine, or logging out and back in.

Tried rebooting, no luck. I can connect through tightVNC, and I tried launching 2 Java apps on chrome, and they both worked fine. I was putting in the wrong server address for tightVNC. Anyway I got it now, let me try to do this now.

[timebirds]

Stuck here. (see attachment)

[timebirds]

Ok I hit c, got to the command line, and now "mount /dev/xvda2 /mnt/gentoo" gives me unknown command.

[Edge100x]

That's not the Gentoo boot disk. Make sure that you've put the Gentoo disk in the drive and told the system to boot from the drive, then reboot the VDS through the "Server control" page.

[timebirds]

That's not the Gentoo boot disk. Make sure that you've put the Gentoo disk in the drive and told the system to boot from the drive, then reboot the VDS through the "Server control" page.

It is in drive 1 and I did tell it to, and I rebooted.

[timebirds]

I'm really confused. I got here, then mount failed because of "no such file or directory"

[Edge100x]

Are you certain that you were using the newest version of the ISO? It should have "2012" in it. If you use an old version, it may not work properly.