On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 14:05 -0700, Konstantin Svist wrote: > * first problem appears right after "Uncompressing Linux... OK, > booting the kernel." message: > ACPI: Invalid PBLK length [5] I see that on two or three computers, that otherwise work without any problems. So I don't think it, by itself, is your problem. For what it's worth, this issue started several kernels ago. Some, quite old by now, kernels didn't show that error on the same hardware. -- (This box runs Centos 5.0, my others still run FC 4, 5, 6, & 7, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.