New kernel boot problems

[shock <stephen@virtual-attorney.com>]

I've just "upgraded" a kernel on one of the laptops to 2.4.6.  From what
I can see in the .config, everything is set correctly.  make dep, make
bzImage, make modules and make_modules install all go without a hitch.
However, on boot-up, I get the following:

boot: new
Loading new............
Uncompressing Linxu... Ok, booting the kernel.

And then it sticks.  Nothing.  Nada.  Any ideas where I should look for
problems?  Thanks.

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