[ kernel crashes during initialisation of VM-system ]
> I tried "-s -S 4194304" as you suggested, and it still panics in
> exactly the same way.  Other things I tried earlier in the weekend
> include:
> 
> -s
> -S 2097152
> -S 4194304
> -T 4194304
> 
> None of these seem to make a difference.  I think the detection is
> working OK -- with "-D -w -t" the memory sizes look correct, and cpu
> type is 8 which also looks right.
> 
> Is there anything else I should try?

Just to make sure is is no 'new' bug, have you ever tried booting an earlier
kernel (ie. 1.2.1)? If not, could you try this?

Leo.