Bug#412639: kernel does not boot in IBM 7248 / Carolina

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 08:13:59AM +0100, marvin wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.18-3-prep
> Version: 2.6.18-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> 
> this kernel stops after the
> 
> uncompressing linux
> booting linux ...
> 
> lines.
> 
> Machine is IBM 7248 / Carolina.
> 
> I needed to enable CONFIG_PREP_RESIDUAL in the config to make it boot.

Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?

If you're running Etch, could you try to reproduce this bug
with the 2.6.24 based kernel added in 4.0r4?
http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/linux-2.6.24.html

Cheers,
        Moritz