Request for assistance

[m_glassb at upr2.clu.net (Mark Glassberg Fornarotto jun-30-95)]

I have been unable to boot Linux, using bare and/or modern bootdisks with 
colrlite and/or tty12 rootdisks.  The boot disk seems to work but, after 
the rootdisk is started and the root file system is installed, my machine 
freezes.

I have an ISA motherboard with an AMD 386DX40 and a 387 math coprocessor 
and 8M of RAM.  I believe my 125M hard drive and/or controller are IDE.  I 
have a VGA video board with a mono monitor.  My only floppy is a 5.25" 1.2M 
drive.

Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.