Bug#385672: regression report- unlike prior versions, boot hangs unless noacpi =off on Toshiba Portege 7020CT

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

reassign 385672 linux-2.6
thanks

Christian Perrier wrote:
> Quoting Tony Godshall (togo@of.net):
> > Package: debian-installer
> > Version: 20060806
> > 
> > unlike prior versions, boot hangs unless noacpi =off on Toshiba
> > Portege 7020CT (Intel Mobile Pentium II, 366MHz, 192MB RAM, 7GB hard
> > drive)
> > 
> > This would appear to be a function of the kernel version used, as
> > 2.6.15 did not hang.
> > 
> > Similar behavior was also observed when a beta-2 install was upgraded
> > to kernel 2.6.16
> 
> 
> Which actually means that the bug belongs to the kernel packages more
> than the installer itself.
> 
> You might have a chance trying the 2.6.17 kernels which are currently
> only in Debian unstable.

Toni,
does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?

Cheers,
        Moritz