On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:39:25 -0700 (GMT-07:00), James Mckenzie [snip] > >This is not a bootloader issue. This is beyond grub. The boot process > >gets to 'Setting up local disks' and hangs. If I then turn the machine > >off (hard boot required) and plug the power in, it then boots up fine. > > Interesting, I might try that with my A22p (IBM Thinkpad) and see what happens. Maybe this is a bug in the LVM process that affects all Laptop computers when running on battery power. Then again, it might just be isolated to Dell 8600 laptops. Something else to check. I'm wondering if any of the other laptop owners are running into this problem? > I have a Dell Latitude D500 with Speedstep enabled, and no weirdnesses booting off the battery. FC2 in this case.
