VPS won't boot? Repair it with rescue mode (SystemRescue)

What VPS rescue mode is

What you can fix in rescue mode

Repair your VPS step by step

1. Open your VPS page in the console, then the Rescue mode tab, under Console.
2. Click Restart in rescue mode and confirm. The VPS boots into the rescue system within one or two minutes.
3. Click Open the console: you are logged in as root ([root@sysrescue ~]#).
4. Repair your system with the commands below.
5. Click Leave rescue mode: the VPS restarts on its own system.

# List disks and their file systems
lsblk -f

# Check a partition before mounting it
fsck -f /dev/sda1

# Mount the system partition (the name may differ, see lsblk)
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

# Step into your system to repair it
for d in dev proc sys; do mount --bind /$d /mnt/$d; done
chroot /mnt

# Or, in one go: reset the root password
chroot /mnt passwd root

# Before leaving rescue mode
umount -R /mnt

Go further

• Only lost the password? Reset it from the console in one click.
• A snapshot before every risky change makes the next repair a one-click rollback: VPS snapshots.
• Step-by-step guide: use rescue mode.