Patrice, The "Loading please wait..." issue you're experiencing isn't due to udev, but to initramfs-tools 0.99.
See my bug report (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=638068) and feel free to add comment. > Hi, > > I have got the same trouble after restarting a IA64 server running a > Debian sid(*) with a 2.6.32-5-mckinley linux kernel. Then booting > with a more recent 3.0.0-2-mckinley kernel give a hang on "Loading > wait..." without any clue. > I have to go back to Debian wheeze to get it booting again. > > Regards, > Patrice. > > (*) > udev is 172-1 > initramfs-tools is 0.99 Émeric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org