Linux Boot Problem (Triton PCI based MB)

[GUY_KELLAM_at_PO.BART at smtplink.infores.com]

    Hi,
    
    I am currently having problems with installation/booting of 
    Slackware Professional Linux v2.3 while loading the RAMDISK (i.e. 
    Child xxx died with code ff00).  Has anyone successfully got LINUX 
    to work on a ASUS PCI/I-P54TP4 Triton based PCI board?  If so, 
    what version of Linux?  Is there anything particular I should be 
    wary of?  I have had no problems with DOS/Windows for Workgroups 
    3.11 or Windows 95. 
    
    System:
    Pentium 100 w/ASUS PCI/I-P54TP4 (Triton Chipset/256K cache)
    BIOS version 1.03
    Panasonic 4x IDE CD ROM
    16 MB EDO Ram
    1.2 Gig Western Digital HD (Mode 3) 
    Stealth 64 VRAM Video PCI with 2MB VRAM
    Integrated I/O with 4 HDD support (2 Channel IRQ 14/15)
    Logitech Soundman Wave 
        (Sound Blaster Pro Compatible/Wave Table Midi) 
    Monochrome Card (for debugging)
    3Com Etherlink II (ethernet/BNC-3C503 8-bit)
    
    Error occurs under the following conditions:
    
    1) Using 'idecd' boot image (also occurs with generic ide boot 
    image)
    
    2) Use ramdisk hda=2484,16,63 hdc=cdrom
    
    If I just use default settings (i.e. don't specify ramdisk) it 
    only finds my hard drive.  In either case, I still have problem.
    
    3) Upon loading the ramdisk, things appear to be fine until it 
    starts to get 'Child xxxx died with code ff00' errors after the 
    'RAMDISK: Loading 1440 blocks into Ram Disk' message.  I believe 
    the XXXX values start around 5000 and continue.
    
    4) The only strange thing I seem to notice in boot up is the 
    following:
    
    'Unknown PCI Device PCVendor id=3 PC Device Id = 88F0' Contact 
    potter at cao-VLSI.IBP.FR with /PROC/PCI
    
    This however is just a warning and things continue fine until 
    RAMDISK problem.
    
    5) I also plan on using the 'umsds144' root disk but I never get 
    that far.
    
    Thanks,
    Guy Kellam
    gkellam at us.oracle.com