After updating the operating system kernel on the VPS and performing a reboot, the server may not boot. At the same time, in the control panel on our website, the VPS status changes to “Switched off»A few seconds after switching on.
If you manage to connect to the server using VNC, then, for example, the following error may be displayed there:
To fix the situation, try loading the previous kernel version:
If the system boots successfully, edit the GRUB configuration so that it automatically loads the correct kernel version:
/boot/grub/menu.lst
you need to change the parameter default
, which contains the ordinal number of the menu bar (numbering from zero).GRUB_DEFAULT
in file /etc/default/grub
and run update-grub
.
In the same files, you can change the parameter timeout
(GRUB_TIMEOUT
for GRUB 2), which is responsible for the duration of the menu display.