later kernals hand at boot - udev?

[Guy Streeter]

On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 13:38 -0800, Mick Mearns wrote:
> Hi;
>   kernels later than 1985 will not boot for me. (FC5T2)
> 
> [root at localhost ~]# uname -r
> 2.6.15-1.1895_FC5
> 
> I update every day, the latest is: 2.6.15-1.1915_FC5
> 
> Gives during the boot:
> ..............................................................
> <snip>
> Starting udev:                 [ok]
> Loading default keymap (us):   [ok]
> Setting hostname localhost.localdomain:  [ok]
>  =======================
> - (hangs with cursor here)
> .............................................................

More recent kernels have some debugging code that can make the kernel
pause for two minutes after certain kernel events.
I found that my notebook, which used to print "Disabling IRQ 6" at that
point, now pauses for 4 minutes and then continues to boot.

--Guy