Bug#419766: Grub fails to boot kernel on Dell OptiPlex 320 PCs

[William Thompson]

On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 09:02:08PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 01:45:07PM -0400, William Thompson wrote:
> > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 07:41:24PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
> > > Have you verified that Linux doesn't really boot, and it's not just your
> > > console being crippled ?
> > 
> > Linux *DOES* boot on this machine using syslinux as the boot loader.  I didn't
> > try lilo (it's too hard to install on USB sticks)
> 
> I mean with grub.  It's easy to miss-identify a "hang" as just console fuckup,
> and the point you described is precisely where you would stop seeing anything
> if it was the latter.

There was no way I know of to determine if it actually booted or not (Given
the setup I'm using).  There are other users of grub that have reported this
same problem with the OptiPlex 320 machines.