For archiving purposes: I've finally fixed my machine up with as follows:
1. chosen kernel was 2.6.12-r5 as it fixes ugly bug with iptables which takes ages for applications to load. 2. configured grub without using initrd title Gentoo linux (update) root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r5 root=/dev/hda11 video=vesafb:[EMAIL PROTECTED] splash=verbose After doing all that system became usable again and boots with no glitch. Thanks everybody for help. -- Dmitry Makovey Web Systems Administrator Athabasca University (780) 675-6245
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