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<P>Hello all<BR>
<P>My Problem: Linux (various kernels, distributions) seems to freeze while
<BR>booting on my hardware after displaying "Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting
<BR>the kernel" iff I do not have a PS/2 mouse plugged in. Plug the PS/2 mouse
<BR>in, and booting is no problem. Unplug the PS/2 mouse just as the bulk of
<BR>kernel boot messages display, no problem. But reboot without a PS/2 mouse,
<BR>and the system simply freezes after the above text message. <BR>
<P>I am currently running a stock Mandrake Linux 9.0 release on a
Shuttle XPC SK41G. The <BR>CPU is an AMD Athlon XP 2400. Motherboard has a VIA
KM266 chipset. I <BR>discovered some mention of the same boot freezing problem
while searching for <BR>Shuttle XPC specific postings. I discovered recently
that a co-worker <BR>experiences the same problems with a stock RedHat 7.3
installation on his <BR>Dual Xeon 2.5GHz box with a SuperMicron P4DC motherboard
- boot freezes if <BR>there is no PS/2 mouse. <BR>Given the different hardward
configurations, different distributions, and <BR>different kernels attempted --
all susceptible to this freezing problem led <BR>me to believe that this might
be a kernel problem. <BR>
<P>Any useful suggestions would be much appreciated. <BR>
<P>Regards <BR>Adnan Olia</P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>