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    > Has linux bootstrapped (Ie the loading..... mesage finished)?
    > 
    > Do you get hex numbres too - or a single character?
    > 
    > 
    > 

    No, that's the problem... It starts to say "Loading..."
    but only gets to "Loa" when it freezes.  
    At first I thought it was a bad download but I went and downloaded
    the file again, compared the file size to the original but it still
    won't work.
    So basically I get a single graphics character (same one every time)
    and "Loa" and that's it.
     

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Your binary is corrupt - Loading is printed in a single int 10h call, so at 
least that much should be printed.  The graphics character and hang would 
indicate the boot sector had been corrupted.  You might examine it with
debug or NU and look at the Loading message, etc, and compare a disassembly
to the source.


probably isn't getting to the first int 13h call.