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Rackspace Ubuntu server upgrading FAIL, initramfs, grub

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You launch your rackspace ubuntu server:

  • Install updates (accept grub package maintainers changes);
  • Install apps;
  • Configure some weird ruby on rails thing with RVM and the app actually works!!
  • Make an image of the server using rackspace UI;
  • reboot
  • CRY..
You can’t ping the server because it gets stuck at initramfs and can’t find any disks to boot from :(  
The grub menu from the update messes things up.
Here is how you fix that:

VMWare Trickery

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I use vmware server, it’s brilliant. Here are some reasons to use it.

  • Testing slipstreamed Windows disks (service packs and drivers);
  • Configuring messy software like msSQL, without it crippling your computer;
  • Recovering a backup image ghost/true image to recover some files/settings;
  • Running almost any operating system and no dual boot mess;
  • Preparing for and testing vpn, ssh, pki, deployment;
  • Consolidating servers, have apache2 ubuntu, mssql xp, active directory 2003, all running on the same box. Centralize management and backup policies.

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