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New Feature 🚑 Boot Your Server into SystemRescue — Directly from the Rescue Console

Sometimes, things break.
Filesystems get grumpy.
Bootloaders go missing.
And occasionally… you just want full, raw access to your disks without your OS getting in the way.

So we’ve just launched a brand-new feature in the Webdock Rescue Console:
👉 Reboot your VPS straight into SystemRescue — with a single click.

And yes — this feature exists because one of you asked for it just a couple of days ago. We realized it was easy to implement, genuinely useful, and honestly… a lot of fun to build. So we did. 😊

🔘 How It Works

  1. Open the Rescue Console for your server

  2. At the top of the screen, click “Reboot into Rescue System”

  3. Confirm — and keep the console window open

That’s it. Your server will reboot and boot directly into the SystemRescue ISO.
It may take a minute, so please be patient while it loads.

You’ll see this message when confirming:

Reboot into Rescue System

You are about to reboot your server into SystemRescue (system-rescue.org).
Simply keep this console window open and you will see your system boot into the Rescue System ISO. This may take a minute, so please be patient.

To revert to booting from your normal OS, simply use the restart button in the Webdock Dashboard.

If you issue a reboot command inside the Rescue System, your server will simply boot back into the Rescue System.

Networking should come up and be functional in SystemRescue once booted, but if you have connection issues please see the instructions in our documentation.

⚠️ Warning: Making changes to your system — especially disk partitions — is fraught with danger. You should probably create a snapshot of your server before proceeding.

🛠️ What Can You Do with SystemRescue?

SystemRescue is a powerful, battle-tested Linux rescue environment, giving you full control over your server — even if your OS won’t boot.

Here are just some of the things you can do:

💽 Disk & Filesystem Recovery

  • Repair broken filesystems (fsck, btrfs-progs, xfs_repair)

  • Mount disks manually and recover critical data

  • Resize or inspect partitions

  • Fix corrupted UUIDs or missing mounts

🧰 Boot & OS Repair

  • Reinstall or repair GRUB

  • Fix broken /etc/fstab

  • Chroot into your installed OS for deep debugging

  • Recover from failed kernel upgrades

🔐 Password & Access Recovery

  • Reset root or user passwords

  • Fix broken SSH configurations

  • Recover access if you locked yourself out

🧪 Advanced Maintenance

  • Clone disks or partitions

  • Perform offline backups

  • Inspect SMART data

  • Zero, wipe, or securely erase disks

In short: if your OS can’t help you, SystemRescue can.

⚠️ Important Reminder

SystemRescue gives you full, unrestricted access to your disks.
This is incredibly powerful — and potentially destructive.

📸 Always create a snapshot before making changes, especially when:

  • Editing partitions

  • Repairing filesystems

  • Reinstalling bootloaders

🌐 Networking

Networking should come up automatically once SystemRescue has booted.
If you do experience connectivity issues, please check our docs for assistance:

👉 https://webdock.io/en/docs/webdock-control-panel/getting-started/rescue-console

🔁 Getting Back to Your Normal OS

  • Use the Restart button in the Webdock Dashboard to boot normally again

  • ⚠️ If you run reboot inside SystemRescue, your server will simply boot back into SystemRescue

💡 A Final (Friendly) Warning

SystemRescue gives you immense power — and with that comes risk.
Disk and partition changes are irreversible.

📸 We strongly recommend creating a snapshot before you begin.

As always:
You ask → we build → you break things safely 😄

Happy rescuing,

The Webdock Team 🚀

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