New kernel loads then freezes

[John Thomas <jathomas tacni net>]

I have newly-compiled kernel under RH 7.3.  I used "make bzdisk" and 
wrote it to a floppy.

Booting from the floppy goes fine until... after the line "Freeing 
unused kernel memory..."  Then the boot process freezes.

The only changes I made from the stock kernel were: (1) remove NFS 
support, (2) add support for reading the NTFS file system, and (3) 
change the processor to a P4 (which I have).

Any tips?