>>>>> "warren" == Warren Togami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

warren> I've been using Mandrake Cooker since about 2 months before Mandrake 8.2
warren> beta 1.  Everything was going well until around early patchlevels of
warren> kernel 2.4.17 mdk.  When I reboot from those kernels, my notebook
warren> computer is stuck forever at the BIOS screen with the hard drive light
warren> stuck on.  Only thing I can do is force a powerdown.  I have noticed at
warren> least one other user mentioning this symptom on MandrakeExpert.

warren> The following kernels exhibit this same behavior.
warren> kernel-2.4.17.19mdk-1-1mdk
warren> kernel-linus2.4-2.4.18-1mdk
warren> kernel-2.4.18.3mdk-1-1mdk

warren> This old kernel from MDK 8.1 updates reboots fine:
warren> kernel-2.4.8-34.1mdk

warren> This regression occured sometime during early 2.4.17mdk patchlevels.  Is
warren> there anywhere I can download all of these Cooker kernel RPM's to do
warren> testing again in order to find exactly when this bug was introduced?

Could you send me the output of:

get http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/dmidecode.c
compile it (gcc -Wall -o demidecode dmidecode.c)
run in (./dmidecode)

send the output my way.

Later, Juan.

-- 
In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they 
are different -- Larry McVoy

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