It appears that the problem is the omission of essential components. I tried two approaches::
(1) starting with an "empty" kernel and filling it with known hardware definitions; and (2) starting with your precompiled kernel, and deleting known absent hardware. Of the two approaches, only #2 has worked thus far. One known problem I encountered: the pseudo-filesystem "TMPFS" is actually essential, at least for booting via initrd. However, that was not enough to solve the problems in approach #1. Due to the extreme investment of time required for the "hit or miss" approach. I have not solved the problems of approach #1. Thank you *VERY* much!! :) -- .......................................................... Willy Gommel http://www.wg3.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]