Linux says "booting the kernel" and then locks up?

[gboyce at badbelly.com (Gregory Boyce)]

Mike,

Is this your first attempt at compiling a 2.6 kernel?  If so, you should
check out the post halloween document:
http://www.linux.org.uk/~davej/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt

This problem sounds like the first "Known Gotcha" listed in that
document.

On Fri, 2004-05-28 at 11:39, Mike Gorse wrote:
> [I'm resending this -- I don't think it went through the first time]
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to boot Linux on a Pentium-120.  I  built a 2.6.6 kernel and 
> put the bzImage on a floppy and ran lilo on it, but when I try to boot I 
> get the following:
> 
> LILO 22.5.6 Loading gentoo..........................
> BIOS data check successful
> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel.
> 
> And then nothing.
> 
> I used the "Pentium-Classic (M586TSC)" processor family and am building 
> with gcc 3.3.2.  Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong or where 
> to look?
> 
> I tried using bare.i from Slackware, and it booted, but I don't think it 
> detected my network card, and I want to be able to mount root over nfs, so 
> I don't think I can use it.  But I know it is at least possible to run 
> Linux on the machine.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
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