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plumberg · March 30

@remy said:
Is it just me, or is the VNC console acting up?
I'm trying to boot a custom ISO (debian / netboot.xyz) , but I keep getting stuck on a black screen after the reboot. Anyone else seeing this?

Its probably the hypervisor

I recall similar issues earlier and support said:

It seems that your Boot-Image does not support UEFI. On BHYVE the VNC console only works with UEFI images. To solve this we switched the hypervisor from BHYVE to KVM. The VNC console now works as expected.

So switch to something that supports UEFI/ request change to KVM.

remy · March 31

@plumberg said:

@remy said:
Is it just me, or is the VNC console acting up?
I'm trying to boot a custom ISO (debian / netboot.xyz) , but I keep getting stuck on a black screen after the reboot. Anyone else seeing this?

Its probably the hypervisor

I recall similar issues earlier and support said:

It seems that your Boot-Image does not support UEFI. On BHYVE the VNC console only works with UEFI images. To solve this we switched the hypervisor from BHYVE to KVM. The VNC console now works as expected.

So switch to something that supports UEFI/ request change to KVM.

I tried several UEFI images from the provided list without success. I chose this service specifically because it uses BHYVE, so I would prefer to stick with this hypervisor if possible. l’ll give it another shot later.

plumberg · March 31

@remy said:

@plumberg said:

@remy said:
Is it just me, or is the VNC console acting up?
I'm trying to boot a custom ISO (debian / netboot.xyz) , but I keep getting stuck on a black screen after the reboot. Anyone else seeing this?

Its probably the hypervisor

I recall similar issues earlier and support said:

It seems that your Boot-Image does not support UEFI. On BHYVE the VNC console only works with UEFI images. To solve this we switched the hypervisor from BHYVE to KVM. The VNC console now works as expected.

So switch to something that supports UEFI/ request change to KVM.

I tried several UEFI images from the provided list without success. I chose this service specifically because it uses BHYVE, so I would prefer to stick with this hypervisor if possible. l’ll give it another shot later.

hmm, yeah sure - maybe talk with support. they may be able to find a solution faster.

SashkaPro · March 31

@lukast__ said: AFAIK, is quite inefficient for virtual machines and is therefore causing that slowdown (see this similar case); setting it to kvm-clock fixes that

Hm, mine Dus storage-1 has "tsc" by default (and I have 1G upload speed)

DejavuMoe · March 31

@remy said:
Is it just me, or is the VNC console acting up?
I'm trying to boot a custom ISO (debian / netboot.xyz) , but I keep getting stuck on a black screen after the reboot. Anyone else seeing this?

I encountered the same problem as you. The Debian template of UltraVPS seems to have this problem. It can be solved by switching to Ubuntu, and VNC will be normal.

Arirang · March 31

@remy said:
I tried several UEFI images from the provided list without success. I chose this service specifically because it uses BHYVE, so I would prefer to stick with this hypervisor if possible. l’ll give it another shot later.

FYI) I'm installing Debian 13 from the Ubuntu Template (NOT IMAGE)

sudo mkdir -p /root/debnetboot
cd /root/debnetboot

# Debian stable(=13.x) installer netboot 
sudo wget -O linux \
  https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/linux

sudo wget -O initrd.gz \
  https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz

ls -lah

sudo tee /etc/grub.d/09_debian13_netboot_gui >/dev/null <<'EOF'
#!/bin/sh
exec tail -n +3 $0

menuentry "Debian 13 Installer (netboot)" {
    insmod part_gpt
    insmod ext2

    search --no-floppy --file --set=root /root/debnetboot/linux

    linux ($root)/root/debnetboot/linux priority=low nomodeset ---
    initrd ($root)/root/debnetboot/initrd.gz
}
EOF

sudo chmod +x /etc/grub.d/09_debian13_netboot_gui

sudo update-grub

sudo grub-reboot "Debian 13 Installer (netboot)"
sudo reboot

Snyppi · March 31

When I click "Order," the first two options redirect me to a blank page with "No such category."
And there's no available payment method listed. Can I use crypto?

Kuma · March 31

@Snyppi said:
When I click "Order," the first two options redirect me to a blank page with "No such category."
And there's no available payment method listed. Can I use crypto?

25Y-Special-* are sold out.

tof · March 31

@DejavuMoe said:

@remy said:
Is it just me, or is the VNC console acting up?
I'm trying to boot a custom ISO (debian / netboot.xyz) , but I keep getting stuck on a black screen after the reboot. Anyone else seeing this?

I encountered the same problem as you. The Debian template of UltraVPS seems to have this problem. It can be solved by switching to Ubuntu, and VNC will be normal.

It's bcs of GRUB config.
Try this:

nano /etc/default/grub

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=30
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="efi=runtime console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 verbose tsc=reliable"
GRUB_TERMINAL="console serial"
GRUB_SERIAL_COMMAND="serial --unit=0 --speed=115200 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1"

lsblk

SHOWS below

|-vda1 254:1    0    1M  0 part 
|-vda2 254:2    0  191M  0 part /boot/efi
|-vda3 254:3    0  763M  0 part /boot

choose vda3⬇️

BOOT_UUID=$(blkid -s UUID -o value /dev/vda3)

cat << EOF >> /etc/grub.d/40_custom
menuentry 'Debian Official Network Install (Text Mode)' {
    insmod part_gpt
    insmod ext2
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root $BOOT_UUID
    linux /linux console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text
    initrd /initrd.gz
}
EOF

cd /boot
wget -O linux https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/trixie/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/linux
wget -O initrd.gz https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/trixie/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz

update-grub

reboot

Check the VNC output, It should work.

remy · April 1

@tof said: BOOT_UUID

@tof said:

@DejavuMoe said:

@remy said:
Is it just me, or is the VNC console acting up?
I'm trying to boot a custom ISO (debian / netboot.xyz) , but I keep getting stuck on a black screen after the reboot. Anyone else seeing this?

I encountered the same problem as you. The Debian template of UltraVPS seems to have this problem. It can be solved by switching to Ubuntu, and VNC will be normal.

It's bcs of GRUB config.

Thanks for the solution, it works well.
VNC is very slow but anyway but at least install is done

DejavuMoe · April 2

@remy said:

@tof said: BOOT_UUID

@tof said:

@DejavuMoe said:

@remy said:
Is it just me, or is the VNC console acting up?
I'm trying to boot a custom ISO (debian / netboot.xyz) , but I keep getting stuck on a black screen after the reboot. Anyone else seeing this?

I encountered the same problem as you. The Debian template of UltraVPS seems to have this problem. It can be solved by switching to Ubuntu, and VNC will be normal.

It's bcs of GRUB config.

Thanks for the solution, it works well.
VNC is very slow but anyway but at least install is done

I still don't quite grasp why the serial port output from the Grub of the current virtual machine affects the serial port output when booting the Boot Image into noVNC or jsVNC, but it seems this step is fine as it stands.

I initially tried to manually install a new LVM system by loading Alpine into RAM via the UltraVPS rescue mode, but since its rescue system kernel was too old (it was Linux 3.x, I believe), I ended up following [this guide] https://m.zsh.moe/memos/33shoX2rGFnUepyckCJmNh to manually hot-migrate the partitions and set up LVM logical partition migration. Currently, it seems to be working out without issues.

I'm not entirely sure if this step is perfectly correct, but at least on my Debian 13 system, it has been working smoothly for several days now.

hc8903 · April 2

@Arirang said:
I managed to install Debian 13 using GRUB. They don't have a Debian 13 template. Also, the Debian 12 and netboot.xyz ISOs didn't work.

I try several boot iso images, only the ubuntu 24.04 works, I guess it's stucked at bootloader page; So I try to put the netboot.xyz.efi to the EFI partition, and reboot into the EFI shell, then run the netboot.xyz.efi, it's works.

hc8903 · April 2

@DejavuMoe said:
@UltraVPS said:

@jcn50 said:

@UltraVPS said: Contract term: 3 months

Could the price increase after the 3 months?..

The price remains the same upon renewal.
@DejavuMoe said:
Additionly, I reinstall the vps with netboot[dot]xyz, I found that the 200GB space was not allocated directly, maybe it was in a ZFS storage pool, so I formatted it as ext4 and manually mounted it to /data.
Now I'm not sure if I need to do sudo tune2fs -m 0 /dev/vdb to free up the ext4 reserved space.

haha, I have too many questions, please forgive my stupidity
$ lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
zram0  252:0    0  3.9G  0 disk [SWAP]
vda    254:0    0   10G  0 disk
├─vda1 254:1    0  100M  0 part /boot/efi
└─vda2 254:2    0  9.9G  0 part /
vdb    254:16   0  200G  0 disk /data
Our VPS come with two disc. One system disc and a second disc with the ordered disc space. You may use "mount --bind" to mount folders onto another disc. Or you change the mounting point from i.e. /home to the second disc. Or you use one of our many boot images to perform a manual installation and install a LVM to have one single partition.

@emperor said:

@zejjnt said:
These sound kinda too good

And its coming from old premium provider. I hope there will be stock when i finish work

I keep the fingers crossed for you c:
A strange problem, no matter what system image I choose as the boot image, after rebooting and waiting to enter running, when I open the VNC console (noVNC), it is completely dark.

Hello mjj, just to use the EFI shell to run the netboot.xyz.efi

DejavuMoe · April 2

@hc8903 said:
@DejavuMoe said:
@UltraVPS said:

@jcn50 said:

@UltraVPS said: Contract term: 3 months

Could the price increase after the 3 months?..

The price remains the same upon renewal.
@DejavuMoe said:
Additionly, I reinstall the vps with netboot[dot]xyz, I found that the 200GB space was not allocated directly, maybe it was in a ZFS storage pool, so I formatted it as ext4 and manually mounted it to /data.
Now I'm not sure if I need to do sudo tune2fs -m 0 /dev/vdb to free up the ext4 reserved space.

haha, I have too many questions, please forgive my stupidity
$ lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
zram0  252:0    0  3.9G  0 disk [SWAP]
vda    254:0    0   10G  0 disk
├─vda1 254:1    0  100M  0 part /boot/efi
└─vda2 254:2    0  9.9G  0 part /
vdb    254:16   0  200G  0 disk /data
Our VPS come with two disc. One system disc and a second disc with the ordered disc space. You may use "mount --bind" to mount folders onto another disc. Or you change the mounting point from i.e. /home to the second disc. Or you use one of our many boot images to perform a manual installation and install a LVM to have one single partition.

@emperor said:

@zejjnt said:
These sound kinda too good

And its coming from old premium provider. I hope there will be stock when i finish work

I keep the fingers crossed for you c:
A strange problem, no matter what system image I choose as the boot image, after rebooting and waiting to enter running, when I open the VNC console (noVNC), it is completely dark.
Hello mjj, just to use the EFI shell to run the netboot.xyz.efi

Thanks\

dufu · April 2

Anyone else have their VNC console break? (Just always Failed to connect to server (code: 1006)). Serial console is working fine. I installed my VPS using a custom iso (with netboot). Yesterday the VNC console was working fine, today somehow it stopped. I first had this a couple of days ago, opened a ticket, support asked me to reinstall because the couldn't find anything, but now it's happening again. Not a huge deal, but it does seem like a bug to me.

Edit: to clarify: it's working for me as well on one of my other servers, it's really specific to this server somehow.

remy · April 2

@dufu said:
Anyone else have their VNC console break? (Just always Failed to connect to server (code: 1006)). Serial console is working fine. I installed my VPS using a custom iso (with netboot). Yesterday the VNC console was working fine, today somehow it stopped. I first had this a couple of days ago, opened a ticket, support asked me to reinstall because the couldn't find anything, but now it's happening again. Not a huge deal, but it does seem like a bug to me.

It works for me.
But in my opinion, their VNC console is still pretty buggy, given how many issues I've had with it.
It's a shame, because other than that, their control panel is actually quite good.

xsa · April 4

I can't place any orders, it seems I'm too late :')

tof · May 10

@remy said:

@dufu said:
Anyone else have their VNC console break? (Just always Failed to connect to server (code: 1006)). Serial console is working fine. I installed my VPS using a custom iso (with netboot). Yesterday the VNC console was working fine, today somehow it stopped. I first had this a couple of days ago, opened a ticket, support asked me to reinstall because the couldn't find anything, but now it's happening again. Not a huge deal, but it does seem like a bug to me.

It works for me.
But in my opinion, their VNC console is still pretty buggy, given how many issues I've had with it.
It's a shame, because other than that, their control panel is actually quite good.

Not buggy in my opinion.
It's bcs of FreeBSD which has very different technical architectures.(with PVE, VMware)
I really like the stable VMs I have right now. It would be even better if it provides a /64 subnet.

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