I have an old x86 system that fails to fully boot after a clean installation of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0.
The cause is udevd (started from /etc/rcS.d/S03udev) attempting to load the rtc module, which hangs this particular system. To allow this system to fully boot it is necessary to blacklist the rtc module. (Once booted manually attempting to load the rtc module also hangs the system). My system comprises a Gigabyte GA-5AX motherboard with a AMD-K6 CPU. The kernel and modules are from package linux-image-2.6.18-4-486 as installed by the Etch installer. I've worked around this problem, but I expect someone new to Linux / Debian, trying Etch for the first time, would not have a very good first impression of Debian if they experienced the same problem and their newly installed system hung during boot. If anyone is interested in investigating / fixing this and would like me to provide more information, try things out, or would like access to the system then let me know. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
