Kernel 2.6.23 hangs at "starting udev ..."

[Harald Hoyer]

Forcey wrote:
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Harald Hoyer <harald at redhat.com> wrote:
>> Forcey wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I tried to install F8 on one of my servers, but it hangs at "starting
>>> udev..." when booting. Kernel 2.6.23 for F7 has the same problem. Now
>>> I'm still running the old 2.6.21-1 kernel, but I'm not comfortable
>>> with it since there's a nf_conntrack bug. My hardware is listed as
>>> following:
>>>
>>>
>>> I know this is a common problem with laptops, and I tried a bundle of
>>> solutions but none worked. Does anyone knows how to workaround this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Forcey.
>>>
>>>
>>  Hangs completely, or does it commence after 30s?
>>
> It hangs completely. It even does not respond if I press the numlock key.

try booting with "udevinfo" or "udevdebug" on the kernel command line. you may also remove the "quiet" option.