Bug#396133: Kernel panics if higher than v2.6.15-1

[Draco Ravenloft <dravenloft@gmail.com>]

Package: linux-image
  Version: any *after* 2.6.15-1

error recieved when booting post 2.6.15 kernel:
 Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ...
 Attempting manual resume
 attempt to access beyond end of device
 hda2: rw=16, want=8, limit=2
 Kernel panic - not syncing: I/O error reading memory image

This is during boot.  The exact config in question breaks down thus:
PCI IDE card with HDD containing debian
same card with other ide port containing a DVD±RW
ASUS P5A mainboard's onboard IDE containing a 2nd harddrive and a DVD-ROM 
Mainboard and GRUB actually are seeing the onboard IDE as 1st.

If I use a post 2.6.15 kernel in any arrangement except the windows drive 
unplugged completely then the above error happens.  newer kernel versions 
have seemed to add a little... namely /dev/hda2 instead of simply hda2 and 
also it refers to hda2 as hda2(3,2) if it's 2.6.18.

This does not happen with the prepackaged kernels of other distros.  This does 
not happen with precompiled kernels unless I forget to select boot offboard 
IDE first.  

I have actually tried reformatting and doing a brand new install.  The install 
disc kernel sets the PCI IDE as IDE0.  And then immediately upon booting into 
the clean install I see the kernel panic.