Hello, I can confirm this bug. 2.6.28-1-amd64hangs just after "Booting the kernel." with a blinking cursor as does a compiled 2.6.28 with mith my .config even with a very minimalistic config it does hang at the same point.
2.6.26 with my .config and 2.6.26-1-amd64 does fine. -- Pol Bettinger