Bug#272342: Won't boot with my usual kernel options (ACPI related)

[Bill Tomlinson <billtomlinson@pobox.com>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686-smp
Version: 2.6.8-3

With kernel 2.6.8-2, I had to use these kernel options to get it to 
boot: "acpi=off noapic nolapic". But it worked just fine with those 
options (it's an always-on server, so I don't need power management 
features).

But when I upgraded to 2.6.8-3, it wouldn't boot with those options. Or 
any other combination I tried (and I tried more than two dozen 
combinations, including none, and including other kernel options like 
acpi=ht and pci=noacpi).

When I try with my usual set of kernel options (or most any other set 
that is meant to disable acpi), it stops at this line:

ACPI: IRQ9 SCI: Edge set to Level Trigger