Help, loadlin doesn't work anymore!

[<mfukatsu@gauss.elee.calpoly.edu>]

Maybe someone can help me.  I used to boot my 755CD into linux using
loadlin so I could enable the sound support.  A while back I did something
(I can'tr remember what) and loadlin doesn't boot correctly.

after I type loadlin, the kernel loads OK but the machine hangs during the
APM messages.  I then have to power off and back on again.

I tried rebuilding a new kernel, it didn;t help.

I updated the bios, and the computer now spits out a bunch of hex codes
continuously during the same apm messages.

I'd like to get the sound working again, I kinda miss it.

could it be some sort of memory address problem?  (having the dos drivers
loaded in some place they shouldn't be?)


My setup:

TP755CD - 75MHz Pentium
40 Megs RAM
1.2G HD - 850M linux  -- 350M dos
RedHat 3.0.3
kernel 2.0.0


Thanks!

-Mike