> I broke something bad. Well, I don't think *I* did it but something is > wrong. I can no longer boot my VPS at all. As in, the VNC is refusing > connections (which means the VPS doesn't even begin to boot -- which > means it isn't my fault... probably). I have no confirmation that the > VPS is running at all as the management console isn't connecting either... > So I don't know what happened but hopefully they can work it out.
Ouch. Usually, failure to connect via VNC indicates the VPS may be powered down. However, I don't think I've ever been locked out of the management console. > I was just about to try to boot without *norealmode=1 now that the 8139 > NIC was in place. I'd like to boot this thing without all those > workarounds (though it runs great -- well ran great...). Our setups may not be precisely identical, but when I tried booting with that NIC, without *noe820scan or *norealmode, I got the same freeze-ups as before. > All in all, I think they've got a working setup for Plan 9 hosting. So > my current troubles aside, this is big news. I'm certainly happy. Thanks for contributing you ideas and experiences. I was very much stuck. -sl
