Bug#268208: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686-smp: 2.6.8 smp kernel fails to gunzip initrd and hangs at APIC stage on i865

["Jon Thackray" <jgt@pobox.com>]

Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686-smp
Version: 2.6.8-10
Followup-For: Bug #268208

System has Intel 865 MB, P4/3400, 2Gb RAM, five discs including
one SCSI and one SATA. It worked fine with the 2.6.5 kernel, but the 
2.6.8 kernel won't boot.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.6-1-686-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686-smp depends on:
ii  coreutils [fileutils]         5.2.1-2    The GNU core utilities
ii  initrd-tools                  0.1.74     tools to create initrd image for p
ii  module-init-tools             3.1-rel-2  tools for managing Linux kernel mo

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