Boot hangs on IBM T60

[sk malik <srikrishanmalik@yahoo.co.in>]

Hi, all

It happens very rarely that the system hangs while
booting.

The last message on console is :

Activating device mapper..

I dont' get any oops and the system works without any
problem if it boots. :)

uname -a gives
 2.6.18.8-0.5-default #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:17:53 UTC
2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Let me know if you need more information, with the
steps to generate that info. :)

I am pasting a few lines which fall above and below
the mapper activation as shown by dmesg for a
successful boot.

Thanks 
Sri 

Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0cf0, PCI irq 169
Socket status: 30000007
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge I/O window: 0xa000 - 0xdfff
cs: IO port probe 0xa000-0xdfff: clean.
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xe4300000 -
0xe7ffffff
pcmcia: parent PCI bridge Memory window: 0xe0000000 -
0xe3ffffff
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level,
low) -> IRQ 82
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:03:00.0 to
64
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[B] -> GSI 17 (level,
low) -> IRQ 82
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1b.0 to
64
ipw3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network
Connection
cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: excluding 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
ipw3945: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking
to work.
Adding 1004020k swap on /dev/sda7.  Priority:-1
extents:1 across:1004020k
##Here I get the "activating device mapper" on
console## 
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.7.0-ioctl (2006-06-24)
initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
ReiserFS: sda6: found reiserfs format "3.6" with
standard journal
ReiserFS: sda6: using ordered data mode
reiserfs: using flush barriers
ReiserFS: sda6: journal params: device sda6, size
8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max
batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
ReiserFS: sda6: checking transaction log (sda6)
ReiserFS: sda6: Using r5 hash to sort names
NTFS driver 2.1.27 [Flags: R/W MODULE].
NTFS volume version 3.1.
ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (off-line)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]




Jats do it



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