On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 5:00 AM, Rainer M. Canavan <[email protected]> wrote: > Sameer Verma <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Arnaud Patard >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Sameer Verma <[email protected]> writes: > > >> > Try updating your bootloader configuration to use root=/dev/sda2 instead >> > of root=/dev/hda2 (things have moved from ide drivers to libata drivers). >> >> Thanks. How do I edit the config once it throws me into a boot shell? >> I am able to mount /dev/hda1 but don't see any editor. Do I have to >> remove the drive and mount it elsewhere and edit? > >>> [ "CoLo" v1.22 ] >>> stage2: 8bfa0000-8c000000 >>> cpu: clock 250.000MHz >>> pci: unit type <Qube2> >>> tulip: #0 device 21143 >>> tulip: #1 device 21143 >>> tulip: {00:10:e0:00:f8:9a} >>> ide: resetting > > You should be able to press space right here, to get to a ">" prompt > where you can enter the same commands manually as you used in your > default.colo, i.e. > > load vmlinux-2.6.32-5-r5k-cobalt > execute root=/dev/sda2 > > > rainer > >
That worked! Thanks, Rainer. I had to mount /dev/hda1 first so I could get to the /boot partition. After the Qube2 booted up, I edited the default.colo and changed /dev/hda2 to /dev/sda2 and rebooted. Running Squeeze now :-) cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAFoGK8HW=d4ynvbaoj2frq94qg5bzty30yjip9v7hqcvmdj...@mail.gmail.com
