Comment 5 for bug 14277

(In reply to comment #3)
> Got it working by hitting Ctrl-C at the right point in time during hotplug
> startup and then running "modprobe 3c59x; /etc/init.d/networking start"
>
> Booting with acpi=off does not make a difference

hi,
  can you please blacklist the sound module and let us know if that solves the hang?
I would like to be 100% that this is the driver that is hanging the system,
before starting
a long debugging session.

Thanks
Fabio