> I cannot seem to get the system to load one module at
> a time so I can log it out. Either I am doing this
> incorrectly (likely!) or it is crashing out before it
> even begins loading modules.
> 
> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. What are
> the proper switches to add to the kernel$ line in
> GRUB that will allow me to most helpfully debug this?

At the end of the kernel$ line add " -kv" and boot.
Post a digital camera image of the output that you've
got on the screen.

> Is this a known issue that I am missing somewhere?

Noone knows; we need the panic message, and the
stack backtrace.

> update::
> 
> found another post with similar issue, added -kb to
> boot line. It dumps me to the debugger after the
> panic, but I am presented with a prompt that I cannot
> enter anything into. ie, it won't let me type ::stack
> etc.

On some systems the keyboard is dead during the 
initial phase of kernel bootstrap.  Are you using an
USB keyboard?  Can you try a PS/2 keyboard instead?
Or vice versa... (USB instead of PS/2)
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