Description of problem:The system hangs at the RedHat message after selecting the kernel to be used via grub. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):x86_64/kernel- 2.6.17-1.2139_FC5.x86_64 and x86_64/kernel-2.6.17-1.2145_FC5.x86 and kernel- 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5.x86_64 How reproducible:Always occurs. Steps to Reproduce: 1.Boot using x86_64/kernel-2.6.17-1.2139_FC5.x86_64 and x86_64/kernel-2.6.17- 1.2145_FC5.x86 and kernel-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5.x86_64 2.boot 3. Actual results:hangs Expected results:boot to prompt Additional info:work in previous kernels e.g. x86_64/kernel-2.6.16- 1.2133_FC5.x86_64 PC system CPU:PentiumD 940 ASUS P5LD2-VM intel 945G PCI Ex16:NVIDIA 7300GS PCI Ex1:Raid Raid0 BIOS SATAã300GBx2 root (hd0,6) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1e00, size0x1d73ac] inited /initrd-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5.img [Linux-initrd @ 0x37ecd000, 0x122243 bytes] . Decompressing Linux...done. Booting the kernel. PCI: BIOS Bug: MCFG area is not E820-reserved PCI: Not using MMCONFIG. Red Hat nash version 5.0.32 starting _ hang
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
This bug has been mass-closed along with all other bugs that have been in NEEDINFO state for several months. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, this is the only method we have of cleaning out stale bug reports where the reporter has disappeared. If you can reproduce this bug after installing all the current updates, please reopen this bug. If you are not the reporter, you can add a comment requesting it be reopened, and someone will get to it asap. Thank you.