Re: kernel and init hangouts 2.6.5

[Kfir Lavi <kfirlavi@actcom.co.il>]

Joey Hess wrote:
> Kfir Lavi wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm using the unstable installation /hd-media sarge-i386-netinst.iso 
> > from the current release of i386.
> > I have IBM thinkpad 570. 366Mhz, 128MB, xircom realport pcmcia nic.
> >
> > 1. when the installation start, the switch to frame buffer sometimes 
> > stuck with white screen - deadlock, just before asking for language.
> > 2. when the installation succeed, when it boots for the first time, it 
> > hangs in some ways:
> >    a. after founding reiserfs 3.6
> >    b. in the init script of ext2 and ext3 probing
> >    c. null pointer.
> > sometimes it do goes up, but the installation phase exit with error, 
> > after teskel, and downloading packages.
> > (its not problem of space).
> > i have brought up the system with kernel 2.4.25 compiled in redhat 9,
> > and it works fine. ( kernel from kernel.org without patches ).
> >   
> Are you installing Debian with the 2.4 or 2.6 kernel?
Its kernel 2.6, and i think i found part of the problem.
After i shout down my computer, and then boot the computer, it will go
up good.
If i do just reboot without the power shoutdown, the system will hang
with the problem i wrote above.
I think its related to the bios of ibm thinkpads.
Regards, 
Kfir Lavi