> Two things strike me as odd here; first, if some options are indeed 
> mandatory to have a working kernel, why are they called options? and 
> why is this not documented in the configuration file? (or anywhere 
> else)

This begs the question of what options you have enabled ...

> second, the problem seems to appear somewhere between -start loading 
> the kernel into memory- and -start the bootprocess-, which would be 
> task of the booter app, but then again, if the booter is the problem, 
> how can it be affected by the kernel configuration?

... and what version of the Booter and kernel you're using.

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