> machine. I conjecture that some of Compaq's custom cruft is part of the
> problem.
>
> Since I don't need the 3c59x driver, is there any way I can disable it?
> Preferrably short of recompiling the kernel.
At the boot prompt, try:
boot: zImage reserve=0x300,32
or similar, assuming you are right that the 3c59x is the problem, and not
that the _next_ thing is dying silently. Does the machine have a network
card at all? Clone NE2000 cards are known to have bugs. If it has a
network card, try booting it with that removed to see if that is the
problem. The reserve= statement tells it not to probe a given range. 300
is just a guess...
-Tom
