>-- G-Force stuff snipped --<

> > Would not having a MMU cause the kernel to die before showing any
> > info on screen when starting up? I think my problem must be something
> 
> I would think that the kernel would not work at all, since it needs
> the MMU to perform  memory accesses.

Forgive me for asking the obvious, but is there a chance that you have an
LC '040, and the software FPU emulation isn't compiled into the kernel?

John Klos