I just tried to boot without the "pci=nomsi" option. The regression is still present in 2.6.24-18 kernel.
$ uname -r 2.6.24-18-generic $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.04 Release: 8.04 $ apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.24-18-generic linux-image-2.6.24-18-generic: Installed: 2.6.24-18.32 Candidate: 2.6.24-18.32 Version table: *** 2.6.24-18.32 0 500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- Kernel hangs on boot (SATA, AMD64/i386) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/190492 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs