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

[maximilian attems <debian@sternwelten.at>]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Jon Thackray wrote:

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> maximilian attems writes:
>  > On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Jon Thackray wrote:
>  > 
>  > > 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.
>  > 
>  > did you try booting with append "acpi=off"?
> 
> No. I don't know what apic is. How should I modified the grub menu.lst
> to do that? I can probably reboot the machine in a few days to try
> that. I've attached a successful 2.6.5 boot dmesg.

apic != acpi
you'll find more about in kernel sources in Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt

doesn't grub(8) has a nice man, i don't use it but something like this
should work (make shure to have your correct root partition there):
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-3-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro acpi=off
 
hope that helps, if not you may want to try 2.6.10 from unstable.
best regards

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maks