Need help with boot hang after USB HID

[mike.headon]

Hello folks.....
On all kernels later than 2.6.22-14, I get the hang after
/build/buildd/linux-2.6.24/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c:
System is home-built Athlon XP 2000+ on Asrock K7NF2 mobd.
I have tried the fix described in
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=938173
but with no improvement (of course, I am not 64-bit).
I have tried various workarounds such as removing surplus drives, disabling SATA but all to no effect.
So, I will be very grateful if anybody can suggest anything else to try.
Thanks - Mike

[Pumalite]

Memory?

[mike.headon]

512 Mb. Runs XP Pro and other distros with no problem.

[iamah]

I got similar problem, I'm able to run the live cd and install by pressing F6 and adding options "all_generic floppy=off irqpoll pci=nomsi" at boot.

However, after installed I'm not able to boot, for it hangs at USB HID, then drops to busybox with this message:

"Gave up waiting for root device (...) Alert! /dev/disk/by_uuid/[disk id] does not exist. Dropping to shell"

I'm guessing its something with my sata HDD, hes getiing a huge disk id, dunno if thats normal... this sata hdd is connected to sata 4 port, not sata 1 port, but I can't try it at port 1 because my vga card is too big...

I'll subscribe this thread.