By jnn
Tried to reboot my ubuntu 20.04 droplet to reset the root password, but it won’t boot - grub2 is stuck at
grub rescue>
When you try to load common or linux.mod (or any consequential modules, the ones that give you the kernel command), I get the error -
error: symbol grub_calloc not found
I could fix this on a VM of my own, or anything I could attach USB media to, but IDK what to do on this droplet…
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Hi there @jnn,
In order to boot from a recovery ISO, you could follow the steps from the official documentation on how to do that here:
https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/resources/recovery-iso/
Let me know how it goes! Regards, Bobby
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