life interrupted (life does that)

Life always gets in the way, annoying that.

What can I get to you to help debug? Is there something I can check for you internally using terminal server?

Not that I don't trust Tony's editor, but it's easiest to eliminate that first - check whether it's really running my kernel.

Connect the serial cable, run HyperTerminal, set to "Direct to Com1(or Com2)", 115200 bits per second, no parity, 1 stop bit, flow control none. Power cycle the player, you should see lots of stuff scroll by. Near the beginning there will be a line that says "Linux version 2.2.14-rmk5-np17-empeg41 (borislav@aero) ...". If it's not my kernel it'll say something else instead of "borislav@aero".

If it is my kernel I'll have to send you an image with more debugging output to figure out why it's not doing anything.

Borislav