I can't delete a file if the machine doesn't finish booting. Unless you are suggesting removing the drive and putting it in another machine. That requires a screwdriver and 5 minutes vs. the 10 seconds to reboot and pick a different kernel.
I'm not talking about the cloud. I am talking about the physical machines sitting in front of me specifically my work laptop.
I am an integrated circuit computer chip designer, not a data center IT person. I have seen IPMI on the servers in our office. Do cloud data centers have this available to people?
I have a cheap cloud VM that I pay $3.50 a month. I normally just SSH in but if I want to install a new operating system or SSH is not responding then I log in to the web site and get a management console. I can get a terminal window and login, I can force a reboot, or I can upload an ISO image of another operating system and select that as the boot device for the next reboot and install that.
Does your cloud service not have something like this?
I don't know what our corporate IT dept wants to do. We all work from home on Friday and I can't login to check email so I'll just wait until Monday as there is nothing urgent today anyway.
The OS drive is encrypted with Bitlocker. I've seen another thread where corporate IT departments were giving out the recovery key to users. I don't need to get anything done today. I'll go into the office on Monday and see what they say.
I'm not talking about the cloud. I am talking about the physical machines sitting in front of me specifically my work laptop.
I am an integrated circuit computer chip designer, not a data center IT person. I have seen IPMI on the servers in our office. Do cloud data centers have this available to people?
I have a cheap cloud VM that I pay $3.50 a month. I normally just SSH in but if I want to install a new operating system or SSH is not responding then I log in to the web site and get a management console. I can get a terminal window and login, I can force a reboot, or I can upload an ISO image of another operating system and select that as the boot device for the next reboot and install that.
Does your cloud service not have something like this?
I don't know what our corporate IT dept wants to do. We all work from home on Friday and I can't login to check email so I'll just wait until Monday as there is nothing urgent today anyway.