Re: SOLVED (mostly): How to Boot a Dell Optiplex 320?

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

Kent West wrote:
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> I've just discovered that upgrading from the 2.6.18-6-686 kernel to the 
> 2.6.24-1-686 re-introduces a hang-up on booting. D'oh! (choosing the old 
> 2.6.18 kernel from lilo gets me going again, though - whew! Stupid 
> Optiplex 320!)

This might not matter, but can you verify that with new kernel, the root 
variable is being set as expected in /boot/grub/menu.lst ?

I have had some problems in the past when a kernel upgrade used to 
change the root partition. Solution was to fix it in the kopt argument 
in menu.lst. Worth a shot, since I find it a bit strange that it won't 
work with a new kernel when it worked with 2.6.18.

->HS