> BUT I also found NEW WORKAROUND :)
> it works like this:
> I turn ON computer and I FIRST boot in 2.0.36 and
> then I reboot in 2.2.0-pre4 and it boot fine !!!
> I can then (re)boot fine in 2.2.0-pre4
> UNTIL I do not turn OFF my computer
>
> That is very strange and I did one more test
> I turn off my computer ; and back turned on
> boot in 2.0.36 ctrl+alt+del then del ( to enter bios setup )
> then I disconected power from my cdrom only (on live ; I know it is dangerous )
> after 30 minutes I reconected power back to cd rom
> went out of bios setup and I boot fine in 2.2.0-pre4.
>
> Now I do not think that problem is with cdrom any more,
> so I now have reasonable doubt that the problem
> is somewhere in motherboard chipset initialization :(
More likely the ide probing - in that case, it wouldn't be the
first victim.
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