Bug#419766: Grub fails to boot kernel on Dell OptiPlex 320 PCs

[William Thompson]

Package: grub
Version: 0.97-27
Severity: important

When attempting to boot linux on a Dell OptiPlex 320, I get the text screen
where it tells me what it's booting (menu option), the kernel I'm booting,
and another line that tells me it's linux-bzimage, setup=0x1400,
size=0xd9e98 and hangs.  It does not appear that linux actually has booted. 

I understand this is a common problem for this machine.  The bios is 1.1.5
(Latest as of this date)

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.20
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-1       Shared libraries for terminal hand

grub recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information