By SteveOz
First off I’m a linux newb, trying to follow instructions found on the 'net. So bear with me if I’m missing the obvious.
I’m trying to troubleshoot a droplet that won’t load due to a kernel panic. Screenshot - https://gyazo.com/ef9bb5fe876076b414c0fb0de34a804b
So I can log on using recovery image, mount the disk image and chroot into the system.
Now if I cd into /boot/ I can see a list of images and other files/dir. If I do the same for the /var/ I can see the www directory listed
BUT if I log on using a SFTP client (SmartFTP & Winscp), using the provided temp root password, I can not see the same list in /boot/, nor can I see the /www dir in /var/.
Opening a terminal window from within those clients also fails to see these directories and/or files.
Screenshot of /boot/ in DO console -https://gyazo.com/4f77c5f1ab2b8f068f076ebf737fbd57
same dir but using sftp client https://gyazo.com/275949d69a7ee61b23c6ec89cd25820f
/var/ in console https://gyazo.com/a32a2ddd077cdf147a75ad7d7b26ce22
/var/ from sftp client
https://gyazo.com/f3600697102f4827cb6077b74232655c
So can someone point out what I’m doing wrong here and how to fix the issue of the missing dir/files in sftp. cheers Steve
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Hi Alex, No the issue still remains, and I haven’t heard back from DO support as of yet.
There is no Grub menu that I can see, or if there is, I don’t know how to access it.
For what it’s worth this droplet uses Grub2, and internal kernel management, which from my reading, means the options are different from pre-Grub2. Am I right?
I can logon via recovery iso, as I did that to mount & check the file system, but cannot follow the the instructions on how to replace the faulty kernel. It’s very gobbledygook to me. I tried, but the recovery iso terminal just hangs.
I’d appreciate any step by step help you could offer, as I’ve been offline for over 24hr now. I must say, I’m a little disappointed in Support not responding as of yet.
To elaborate, when following the instructions found here https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/kernel/use-non-default/
I keep getting the following error about canonical path not found “overlay”
https://gyazo.com/2fb49d83a2f892b0a21b246995489c54
plus the final command given in those instructions “sudo reboot” doesn’t work either.
It’s very difficult if not impossible for a novice like myself to repair a borked droplet when DO own recovery instructions don’t work. And still, over 24 hrs later, no response from Support. Very frustrating
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