> -> At the boot prompt, try:
> ->
> -> boot: zImage reserve=0x300,32
>
> Bingo. Thank you.
>
> -> 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
>
> I did not think that was the problem, as the next message is the hard
> drive check, and that works correctly for Red Hat 5.2, which has the
> 2.0.36 kernel.
>
> Of course, there could be silent steps in between. But I don't know where
> to go look for one.
Or the 'whatever steps are inbetween' probing, it may even be the NE2000
probing that has a problem. What brand of NE2000 is it? I have an open
request for someone to send me one of the broken NE2000 clones, so, if you
ever decide to splurge $10 for a better ethernet card, send me that one
and I'll troubleshoot exactly which driver fails where.
-Tom
