Another data point: the kernel from daily debian-installer (http://people.debian.org/~joeyh/d-i/images/daily/netboot/debian-installer/i386/), version 2.6.17-2-486, also boots fine.
Another data point: the kernel from daily debian-installer (http:// people. debian. org/~joeyh/ d-i/images/ daily/netboot/ debian- installer/ i386/), version 2.6.17-2-486, also boots fine.