Kernel 2.6.12-1.1387 hang up at "setting up hostname"

[Timothy Murphy]

Xia Bin wrote:

> I think I've just found the real troublemaker of this issue. That is, I
> might have missguided you by suggesting "setting up hostname" in the
> thread. In fact, the problem comes from the next step after the hostname
> has been set. It is during the "setting up local disk " step. My box
> hangs up if there is an Audio CD with data track in my old SONY CDU5211
> CDROM driver during the bootup. This only happen to kernel version
> higher than 2.6.11-1.1369.
> 
> So I think this IS a kernel issue and it is a kernel issue with some
> certain CDROM formats?

Sorry to be rude, but why not take the CD out while booting?


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