Re: qube1 doesn't boot anymore

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

* Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com> [2006-03-24 03:32]:
> Okay, I have an image for you now.  I hope your friend knows how to
> set up a NFS and DHCP server.

You need a DHCP server but you can get away without a NFS server:
simply put the disk into another machine or an USB enclosure and put
the kernel image on the /dev/[hs]da1 partition.

And then instead of
> Okay, there's the prompt - now load the kernel via NFS:
> > nfs {dhcp-next-server} {dhcp-root-path} vmlinux-2.6.16-1-r5k-cobalt
do:

> mount hda1
ide: {QUANTUM FIREBALLlct08 04}
ide: LBA 8421840
ide: supports PIO mode 4
ide: mode 4 timing
ext2: revision 0
> ls
      1024  ./
      1024  ../
     12288  lost+found/
    454910  System.map-2.4.27-r5k-cobalt
...
> load vmlinux-2.6.16-1-r5k-cobalt
0032e091 3334289t
> execute root=/dev/hda2 netconsole=@192.168.1.69/eth0,6666@192.168.1.1/



> $ ./ncon 192.168.1.69
...
> > execute root=/dev/hda2 netconsole=@192.168.1.69/eth0,6666@192.168.1.1/

192.168.1.69 is obviously an example which you have to substitute with
the real IP address of your Qube.

Just to make this procedure dummy safe. (I used 192.168.1.2 once
and 192.168.1.69 the other time and wondered why I couldn't see
anything... ;-)
-- 
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/