ok... try doing: enable serial console, if it's not enabled, recompile the kernel, then boot with a serial console. just plug another computer into the serial port, and use that as a terminal, then maybe you can see what is wrong with the kernel. if that doesn't work, send me the kernel and .config file from it, and i might be able to compile an uml kernel. uml: user mode linux, http://user-mode-linux.sf.net and that might just work, i'm not sure.