[Bug 38880] Boot Hangs at "BIOS data check successful"

[mystical]

Public bug reported:

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
I  recently installed Breezy and had it working nicely. My flat mate
persuaded me that I ought to upgrade to Dapper as its release is a mere
couple of months away. Once I had completed the migration process I
rebooted, but the system never got beyond "BIOS data check successful",
at which it remains. No sign of life what so ever. Welcome to kernel
2.6.15-19.

So I restarted my machine and booted using the old Breezy kernel
(2.6.12-9 I think) and it loaded (it moaned a lot, but it got GNOME
running) and I saw the Dapper logo. Sure USB no longer worked (no mouse,
no wlan) and GNOME was moaning about hardware-monitor, but I was ble to
try installing the image again. Same result.

Today I booted into XP, downloaded 2.6.15-20, copied it across and
installed it. Same result except that it got rid of the Breezy kernel
which was still working. I now have the choice of two kernels which wont
get beyond the "BIOS data check successful" stage of things.

A quick google shows that this seems to be a recurrant problem in Linux.

My specs:

Athlon XP 2600
1 GB ram
nForce 2 motherboard
Nvidia 6600GT AGP card

I've got Linux installed on an XFs partition and I'm using the Lilo
bootloader. As said Breezy worked fine.

The only solution I've come accross is to: "comment out call to
store_edid in arch/i386/boot/video.S" which I'll probably try next week
when I've time and I know what it's doing.
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Boot Hangs at "BIOS data check successful"
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/38880