Hi, I am sorry for my late response here. (I was away for a month mid-summer an then there was too much email). I can report **this issue is indeed fixed in Leap 42.2 Alpha 3**. I installed Alpha 3 about 2 weeks ago, and the system booted every single time (around 30 attempts or more). Thanks for the great work of the OpenSUSE team. Also for all the work and help Takashi put in last fall to help me. Takashi, I apologize for not finishing the git disection process last fall/winter. After spending two weekends I gave up, and kept using your older working kernel till now. Thanks Milan