Mike, Unfortunately, there is still no signal after a hard reboot. If there were, then I would do what you suggest. Any ideas on how I can determine what is wrong by using something like a knoppix cd? Mark On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Mike Ballon wrote: > If there is no signal to the monitor with the box "up" I would reboot it. > > From there you'll need to figure out if the boot loader is intact or not. > If it is you can boot into single user mode and try to figure out what's > going on with the box. If you do not get the boot loader now we're talking > about a repair to either the loader or the system as a whole using a disc > or memory stick. > > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/ > > > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Mark Phillips > wrote: > >> >> I used aptitude to upgrade a headless server from Debian stable to Debian >> testing. The upgrade did not generate any error messages, but when I >> rebooted I could not ssh into the box (connection refused) nor do I get any >> output on a monitor I attached to the box (no signal). Apache does not >> appear to be running either on the box (could not connect to the box). I >> can successfully ping the box. >> >> Any suggestions on how to fix this this server would be greatly >> appreciated! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mark >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >