Forcey wrote:
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Harald Hoyer
<harald(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> Forcey wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I tried to install F8 on one of my servers, but it hangs at "starting
>> udev..." when booting. Kernel 2.6.23 for F7 has the same problem. Now
>> I'm still running the old 2.6.21-1 kernel, but I'm not comfortable
>> with it since there's a nf_conntrack bug. My hardware is listed as
>> following:
>>
>>
>> I know this is a common problem with laptops, and I tried a bundle of
>> solutions but none worked. Does anyone knows how to workaround this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Forcey.
>>
>>
> Hangs completely, or does it commence after 30s?
>
It hangs completely. It even does not respond if I press the numlock key.
try booting with "udevinfo" or "udevdebug" on the kernel command line.
you may also remove the "quiet" option.