kernel 2.6.5 hangs during boot

[Pau Aliagas]

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 bit_char_g at gmx.net wrote:

> i installed kernel 2.6.5 via rpm using kernel-2.6.5-1.327.i686.rpm
> 
> Since I already installed grub with RH7.3 (which resides on a different
> partition), the updating of thhe grub.conf/menu.lst wasn't done
> automatically but by me. I edited the grub.conf myself, to create an entry
> for the new kernel.
> 
> title Fedora Core 1 (2.6.5-1.327)
>         root (hd1,0)
>         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.327 ro root=/dev/hdb1 hdc=ide-scsi
>         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.5-1.327.img
> 
> Now, when I choose that kernel to be booted, it hangs after "Freeing unused
> kernel memory 148 kb"
> 
> Has anyone seen this behaviour as well ?

The last Arjan kernel that works in my Athlon laptop is 2.6.5-1.319.
In a new P4 system, the last ones booted but with vsdo=0 in the boo 
params.

I've sticked to kernel-2.6.5-1.319 by now.

Pau