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My Droplet stopped working after reboot

Hi, My Droplet stopped working after reboot.

I entered Recovery Console via boot from Recovery ISO, Choose 1 and check syslog

“EXT4-fs (vda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)” Is this the bug that causes my droplet to fail to boot from the hard drive?

Please help me.

syslog("Feb 15 11:55:08 Domain-site kernel: [   49.545943] EXT4-fs (vda1): recovery complete
Feb 15 11:55:08 Domain-site kernel: [   49.549416] EXT4-fs (vda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
Feb 15 12:09:24 Domain-site systemd[1]: Starting Cleanup of Temporary Directories...
Feb 15 12:09:24 Domain-site systemd[1]: Started Cleanup of Temporary Directories.
Feb 15 12:17:01 Domain-site CRON[1687]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Feb 15 12:43:21 Domain-site kernel: [ 2943.409199] EXT4-fs (vda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
Feb 15 12:45:08 Domain-site systemd[1]: Started Session 4 of user root.
Feb 15 12:52:48 Domain-site systemd[1]: Starting Message of the Day...
Feb 15 12:52:48 Domain-site systemd[2046]: motd-news.service: Failed to execute command: No such file or directory
Feb 15 12:52:48 Domain-site systemd[2046]: motd-news.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /etc/update-motd.d/50-motd-news: No such file or directory
Feb 15 12:52:48 Domain-site systemd[1]: motd-news.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Feb 15 12:52:48 Domain-site systemd[1]: motd-news.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Feb 15 12:52:48 Domain-site systemd[1]: Failed to start Message of the Day.
Feb 15 12:56:01 Domain-site CRON[2075]: (root) CMD (   test -x /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest && /etc/cron.daily/popularity-contest --crond)
Feb 15 13:17:01 Domain-site CRON[2343]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Feb 15 14:17:01 Domain-site CRON[3240]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Feb 15 14:44:55 Domain-site kernel: [10236.786271] EXT4-fs (vda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)");

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Bobby Iliev
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February 16, 2025

Hi there,

It looks like your Droplet’s filesystem is mounting correctly, but something might be failing during boot. Try using the Recovery console, then run a filesystem check:

fsck -y /dev/vda1

If errors are found and fixed, exit recovery and try booting normally. Also, check available disk space with:

df -h

If the issue persists, DigitalOcean support can help dig deeper: https://do.co/support.

- Bobby

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