the problem could be that something cannot be recognized. some people have problems with scsi. so try the cheatcode noscsi. unfortuneately this disables hotplug for some reason. in addition to noscsi try the cheatcode for restarting hotplug.


Code:
boot: linux26 noscsi /etc/init.d/hotplug restart
ofcourse I use that for booting the linux 2.6 kernal. If you want the old kernal, just use 'linux' not 'linux26'.

Hope this helps.