Bootup freezes at "Starting up..."

[Flynn, Steve (L & P - IT)]

-----Original Message-----
From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Michael Peek
Sent: 08 April 2009 15:24
To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
Subject: Bootup freezes at "Starting up..."

 [    0.013284] Setting APIC routing to flat
[    0.013344] CPU0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz 
stepping...<off screen>
[    0.130848] Booting processor 1 APIC 0x4 ip 0x6000
<And... freeze!>

I am now officially desperate.  Does anyone have any ideas what to do
next?

Have you tried booting by forcing the kernel to just use one of the
processors on the problem machine - this may assist in narrowing down
the real issue. It's been a long time but "NOSMP" rings a bell.


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