upgrading to kernel 2.4.7 in debian

[Peter Ross <peter.ross@miscrit.be>]

Hi,

I am currently running Debian testing distribution and I am attempting
to get kernel 2.4.7 to boot.

It boots to a shell prompt and then nothing happens.
I cannot even run ls.

Here is the relevant section from my lilo.conf.

image=/vmlinuz.new
        label=new
        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.7-686
        root=/dev/ram0
        init=/linuxrc
        read-only
        optional

Any help appreciated.

TIA,
Pete