Bug#61539: kernel hangs after loading the md driver

[Andreas Pfotenhauer <pfote@infosys.de>]

Package: boot-floppies
Version: no
debian 2.1R4

Hardware description

architecture:  	i386 
model:         	Board is a ASUS K7M, Processor is AMD K7 Athlon 600 MHz
		BIOS left on defaults, power management disabled
memory:        	128M
scsi:          	none
cdrom:		TOSHIBA XM-6702B, ATAPI, hdc
hd:		IBM DPTA 372050, IDE, hda
video:        	ATI Rage Pro LT (AGP)
network card:  	none
pcmcia:        	none

Error Description

installation kernel is started from cdrom with "linux mem=128M"
the kernel reports memory correctly, detects IDE devices and stops after
loading the md driver
no error reporting, no kernel panic, system just stops. 

I put another ram-module in, no change
removing even the ide-drive doesnt help.

as a try i installed on that machine a FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE, worked fine.
So probably processor/board are ok.

Any known problems on that particular ASUS-Board ? I already installed
linux on severeal Athlons, but with a MSI board, everything worked
smoothly

Hope, anyone can give me a hint.

Greetings from Germany
Andreas Pfotenhauer
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