problems booting 8.x kernel

[Ian Smith]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2011, Mike Scott wrote:

 > I think I'll have to give up because I'm out of ideas, settle for a linux
 > kernel on this particular target h/w,  and just hope this issue doesn't
 > affect another machine I have which is due for imminent upgrade from 6.2 to
 > 8.x.

Does it boot ok on 7.4?  Might that be suitable for this box's purpose?

cheers, Ian