help getting 1.2 rescue to boot

I'm trying to boot the Debian 1.2 rescure disk on a Gateway 2000 system and it's hanging in the boot process. (I already have an older version on Linux (non-Debian) running on this box.) It's hanging while probing for CDROM drives. The last few lines I see are: Sony CDU-535: probing base

Re: help getting 1.2 rescue to boot

You are not the only person with this problem. This was asked about a week ago and here is Bruce Perens's answer dug from the mailing list archive: [cut] For now, please boot your system with the command: linux reserve=0x340 or linux cm206=0x350 Where 0x350