Description of problem: Manual intervention is required to complete boot using kernels 2.6.27.5-41.fc9.x86_64 and 2.6.27.5-37.fc9.x86_64 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.27.5-41.fc9.x86_64 2.6.27.5-37.fc9.x86_64 How reproducible: Every boot Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot Actual results: Hangs waiting for a key-press before accessing a USB device. Hangs waiting for a key-press on SATA errors. Expected results: Log errors to log file and proceed. (Behavior seen in 2.6.26 kernels.) Additional info: 1) The key-press I found to work is the control key, which I discovered when I started to do a control-alt-delete to reboot to the 2.6.26 kernel (which worked as expected). I suspect that any key would work, but have not confirmed that suspicion. 2) The USB device that hangs the boot is a Gyration mouse, and no error messages are generated for it in the log. 3) The ATA errors are generated because (my unconfirmed suspicion is) of a BIOS error which causes read errors at 3Gb/sec. The drive works well at 1.5Gb/sec, but the kernels insist on displaying the error message on-screen during the boot before resetting the rate, and now wait for the key-press before doing even that. (Multiple key-presses are required to complete the boot sequence.)
Can you post the contents of /var/log/dmesg (as an attachment) after booting? Also, try the boot option "nohpet".
Created attachment 324634 [details] dmesg output after successful boot using nohpet option
The nohpet option eliminated the need for the keypress. F.Y.I., without the nohpet option, booting the 2.6.27 kernel on this laptop from a USB drive installation also required a keypress to get the USB drive access to work.
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Oops, sorry - I should have closed this: The bug was fixed in kernel 2.6.28.