another format maybe? but make sure that you have serial access before upgrading! provider: edis.at cheapest VPS ever (i just love their support) id you have money to go for a dedi, then go for it and don't even think about VPS PS: i think that KVM (my host has) is better than XEN. Also you have VNC access (even BIOS) :) (\_ /) copy the bunny to your profile (0.o ) to help him achieve world domination. (> <) come join the dark side. /_|_\ (we have cookies.) On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:22:43 +0300 > Δημήτρης Ζέρβας wrote: > > > so? why don't you access it my serial? > > PS: serial console? WTF? 50 years ago??? > > And still demanded by many on servers. > > With suns you can access bios over serial. You need networked KVM for > that on PCs. > > You can set screen output from bootup onwards to serial rather than VGA. > > Granted the serial mode doesn't help untill he's up and running > again but he could take the opportunity to switch provider if > possible. > > arpnetworks.com solution is pretty cool. I'd use it if I had more faith > in VPS security over bare metal. >