[Bug 62960] Problems with booting from the 2.6.17-10 kernel

[Nick]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-source

On boot with the default options set in boot line, I get the following
while it runs:- /scripts/local-premount

hda3: rw=16, want=8, limit=2
I/O error reading swsusp image

This is interspersed between lines registering and unregistering USB
devices. The kernel doesn't freeze  - everything is still responsive -
but the boot doesn't proceed from this point.

# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 123.5 GB, 123522416640 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 15017 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1               1        7295    58597056   83  Linux
/dev/hda2   *        7296       10334    24410767+  83  Linux
/dev/hda3           14032       15017     7920045    5  Extended
/dev/hda4           10335       14031    29696152+  83  Linux
/dev/hda5           14032       14887     6875788+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6           14888       15017     1044193+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

I've no idea what it's trying to do to the Extended partition - possibly
something to do with the swap? - but I think the script in question is
in the initrd, and the problem is that / never gets mounted. This
happens in both the -generic (amd64)  and -386 (i386) kernels, whether I
use the UUID= symlinks or /dev/hd?? in GRUB and fstab.

for i386, I can't get it to boot at all - luckily I had an old 2.6.17.9
vanilla kernel that boots fine. For amd64, if I use the 'recovery' mode
boot, that works - I can then 'telinit 2' to get a normal desktop.

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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Problems with booting from the 2.6.17-10 kernel
https://launchpad.net/bugs/62960