I have reproduced this behavior on the following models of Dell Computers: OptiPlex GX240 OptiPlex GX270 Latitude C800 Each of these has integrated NIC. 3Com 3c90x (GX240) 3Com 3c59x (Latitude) Intel Pro/1000 (GX270) Also hangs console on attempt to execute dhcpd eth0.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 26027 ***
Moving these so we can remove the "Install CD" component from "Gentoo Linux". I apologize to everyone for this spam, but according to the bugzilla developers, this is the only reasonable way to do this.