Bug#396133: Kernel panics if higher than v2.6.15-1

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 07:30:11PM -0500, Draco Ravenloft wrote:
> Package: linux-image
>   Version: any *after* 2.6.15-1
> 
> error recieved when booting post 2.6.15 kernel:
>  Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ...
>  Attempting manual resume
>  attempt to access beyond end of device
>  hda2: rw=16, want=8, limit=2
>  Kernel panic - not syncing: I/O error reading memory image
> 
> This is during boot.  The exact config in question breaks down thus:
> PCI IDE card with HDD containing debian
> same card with other ide port containing a DVD±RW
> ASUS P5A mainboard's onboard IDE containing a 2nd harddrive and a DVD-ROM 
> Mainboard and GRUB actually are seeing the onboard IDE as 1st.
> 
> If I use a post 2.6.15 kernel in any arrangement except the windows drive 
> unplugged completely then the above error happens.  newer kernel versions 
> have seemed to add a little... namely /dev/hda2 instead of simply hda2 and 
> also it refers to hda2 as hda2(3,2) if it's 2.6.18.
> 
> This does not happen with the prepackaged kernels of other distros.  This does 
> not happen with precompiled kernels unless I forget to select boot offboard 
> IDE first.  
> 
> I have actually tried reformatting and doing a brand new install.  The install 
> disc kernel sets the PCI IDE as IDE0.  And then immediately upon booting into 
> the clean install I see the kernel panic.

Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?

Cheers,
        Moritz