Kernel 2.6.5 wont boot

[Johan Groth <jgroth@dsl.pipex.com>]

Hi all,
I'm trying to install the 2.6.5 kernel on my Dell Inspiron 8600 but 
having troubles getting it to boot. It boots so far as loading the 
PCcard cardmgr but after that it just hangs with the following message:

cardmgr[1072]: watching 1 socket
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff:


That is the last lines that are being displayed. So has anyone 
experienced the same thing and has a solution or workaround. For me the 
obvious workaround would be to remove cardmgr as I don't own any PCcards 
but on the other hand, shouldn't this just work?

Regards,
Johan