Need help ragarding MPC8360 Kernel bootup failure

[David Hawkins]

>  CTRL-A Z for help |115200 8N1 | NOR | Minicom 2.00.0 | VT102 |      Offline

Your minicom is set to 115200, so your U-Boot must be using that,
but you'll need to tell Linux too, try:

console=ttyS0,115200

Dave