kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4 Compaq nx9005 won't boot

[Øyvind Stegard]

Kazutoshi Morioka wrote:
> After yum update to kernel-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4, my laptop Compaq nx9005 dosen't boot.
> messages are:
> 
>>root (hd0,1)
>> Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
>>kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>>   [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1e00, size=0x18d7d9]
>>initrd /initrd-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.img
>>   [Linux-initrd @ 0xddd1000, 0x10e936 bytes]
>>
>>Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
>>Warning: ATI Radeon IGP Northbridge is not yet fully tested.
> 
> 
> The last message, "Warning: ATI ..." has been displayed sinse older kernel.
> 
I filed a bug report on this(severity=high), since my own Compaq laptop 
also has boot problems with this kernel.

The kernel halts during IDE probing, always at the same place. I'm about 
  to try the vanilla 2.6.12.2, but haven't finished configuring it, yet.

Please see bug report for details.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162269


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