[ale] Kernel hangs at "Uncompressing Linux..."

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Jeff Layton wrote:
> Good morning,
> 
>    I've been building kernels for a few years now, but I've
> got one that has stumped me. I've got an Athlon XP1800+
> motherboard (Epox 8KHA+) that I'm building a 2.4.19
> kernel for. I tried to make everything as generic as possible,
> no patches, etc. The options I chose were also very generic.
> I did the usual,
> 
> make dep clean bzImage modules
> make install
> make modules_install

Did you forget to type 'make modules' or did you really forget to do 
'make modules?'

> 
> fixed up lilo.conf, and rebooted. Everytime I select the new kernel
> for booting it hangs right after the line,
> 
> Uncompressing Linux kernel ...
> 
>    I've been searching the web this morning, but without much
> in the way of results. Does anybody have any ideas?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Jeff
> 
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