Comment 3 for bug 105044

Anything newer than linux-image-2.6.20-11 results in hang at reboot with message (after some delay) of "* Reading files needed to boot ...."

1) General Info (this is an old spare computer but generally works well)
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       pc100 (PC-Chips) system board M741LMRT-H
       PPGA Celeron Socket-370 466 MHz with 66 MHz front side system bus
       Bios: American Megatrends AMI Bios release 03/01/2000S
       62-0331-009999-00101111-071595-000000-M741LMRT-H
       Xubuntu Feisty v7.04 i386 alpha ....... has all latest updates except for newer than linux-image-2.6.20-11

2) System information report, generated by Sysinfo: 10/04/2007 6:10:53 PM http://sysinfo.r8.org
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        SYSTEM INFORMATION
   Running Ubuntu Linux, the 4.0 release.
   GNOME: unknown (unknown)
   Kernel version: 2.6.20-11-generic (#2 SMP Thu Mar 15 08:03:07 UTC 2007)
   GCC: 4.1.2 (i486-linux-gnu)
   Xorg: 7.2.0 (04 April 2007)
   Hostname: myhome2
   Uptime: 0 days 16 h 35 min

       CPU INFORMATION
   GenuineIntel, Celeron (Mendocino)
   Number of CPUs: 1
   CPU clock currently at 467.765 MHz with 128 KB cache
   Numbering: family(6) model(6) stepping(5)
   Bogomips: 936.45
   Flags: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr up

       MEMORY INFORMATION
   Total memory: 432 MB
   Total swap: 329 MB

       STORAGE INFORMATION
   Primary Master /dev/hda - disk
       Model: SAMSUNG SV0682D
       Capacity: 6.7 GB
       Cache: 0.48 MB
   Primary Master /dev/hdb - disk
       Model: FUJITSU MPA3017AT
       Capacity: 1.7 GB
       Cache: 0 MB
   Primary Master /dev/hdc - cdrom
       Model: ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X MAXIMUM
       Capacity: no media

       HARDWARE INFORMATION
       MOTHERBOARD
   Host bridge
       Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 620 Host (rev 02)
   PCI bridge(s)
       Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   USB controller(s)
       Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
   ISA bridge
       Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge) (rev b1)
   IDE interface
       Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0) (prog-if 80 [Master])
       Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS5513 EIDE Controller (A,B step)

       GRAPHIC CARD
   VGA controller
       Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 530/620 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev 2a) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
       Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS530,620 GUI Accelerator+3D

       SOUND CARD
   Multimedia controller
       C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
       Subsystem: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device

       NETWORK
   Ethernet controller
       Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
       Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139

3) lspci -v
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       00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 620 Host (rev 02)
       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
       Memory at ec000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
       Capabilities: <access denied>

       00:00.1 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (rev d0) (prog-if 80 [Master])
       Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS5513 EIDE Controller (A,B step)
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 16
       I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
       I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
       I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
       I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
       I/O ports at ffa0 [size=16]

       00:01.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge) (rev b1)
       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

       00:01.1 Class ff00: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] ACPI
       Flags: medium devsel

       00:01.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 11) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 3
       Memory at efffb000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

       00:02.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
       Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
       Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
       I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
       Memory behind bridge: ebe00000-ebefffff
       Prefetchable memory behind bridge: eac00000-ebcfffff

       00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
       Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139
       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10
       I/O ports at de00 [size=256]
       Memory at efffaf00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
       Capabilities: <access denied>

       00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
       Subsystem: C-Media Electronics Inc CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 12
       I/O ports at da00 [size=256]
       Capabilities: <access denied>

       00:0f.1 Communication controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)
       Subsystem: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738
       Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
       I/O ports at dc00 [size=64]
       Capabilities: <access denied>

       01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 530/620 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter (rev 2a) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
       Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS530,620 GUI Accelerator+3D
       Flags: bus master, VGA palette snoop, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
       Memory at eb000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=8M]
       Memory at ebef0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
       I/O ports at cc00 [size=128]
       Capabilities: <access denied>

4) lspci -n
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       00:00.0 0600: 1039:0620 (rev 02)
       00:00.1 0101: 1039:5513 (rev d0)
       00:01.0 0601: 1039:0008 (rev b1)
       00:01.1 ff00: 1039:0009
       00:01.2 0c03: 1039:7001 (rev 11)
       00:02.0 0604: 1039:0001
       00:09.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
       00:0f.0 0401: 13f6:0111 (rev 10)
       00:0f.1 0780: 13f6:0211 (rev 10)
       01:00.0 0300: 1039:6306 (rev 2a)