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I have Ubuntu 12.04 Virtual Machine running in cloud and the only way I can connect to it, is via SSH using Putty. If I want to boot Ubuntu in recovery mode, is it possible to create some kind of script and push over SSH to reboot Ubuntu Virtual Machine in recovery mode?

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If you only have access to the VM via ssh, you will not be able to access it once it's in recovery mode. Is this what you want? – ephsmith Jul 5 '12 at 22:49
I think you are right. looks like there is no solution or trick to get the way I want. – AvkashChauhan Jul 5 '12 at 23:10
I found this link but it still needed machine access to start ssh first before connecting it: askubuntu.com/questions/22013/… – AvkashChauhan Jul 5 '12 at 23:24
Out of curiosity, why do you think you need to be booted into recovery mode? Couldn't you just adjust the system so it boots a livecd, or mount the virtual disk from another instance? – Zoredache Jul 6 '12 at 0:07
who do you host in the cloud with? Many providers have a recovery mode. – Cameron Aziz Jul 6 '12 at 1:23

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