Re[2]: Qube2 with Squeeze won't boot

["Rainer M. Canavan" <debian_mips@canavan.de>]

Sameer Verma <sverma@sfsu.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Arnaud Patard
> <arnaud.patard@rtp-net.org> wrote:
> > Sameer Verma <sverma@sfsu.edu> 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