RC2 hangs trying to boot

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On 05/13/2011 12:09 PM, Per Bothner wrote:
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> and then it hangs.
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> Same problem using both the full DVD (burned to a DVD) and
> a Live CD (nightly from a few days ago, on a USB stick).

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> This is on a semi-new Sandy Bridge laptop.  I succe

  There is some discussion on the linux-kernel (et al) list(s) about an
issue with sandybridge and kswapd holding one CPU @ 100% ... not sure if
this is related or not.

  [look for subject: Possible sandybridge livelock issue
   and James Bottomley]