Am 04.11.2010 00:42, schrieb David C. Rankin: > Now that is what I didn't understand... If this is a BIOS issue, then we may > just be hosed. What always makes me wonder is why it works fine with some > kernels and not others. It isn't inconsistent with any 1 kernel. If a kernel-A > boots - then it boots every time. If the kernel-B hangs -- then kernel-B hangs > every time. It probably depends on where the kernel is placed physically within the hard drive. Your BIOS may fail to access certain areas. Generally, a good idea is to have a small boot partition at the beginning of the drive (at least for old BIOSen, but these problems should be gone for over a decade). You might also want to replace grub with a different bootloader to rule out a grub bug.
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