linux 2.5.16 and VIA Chipset

[mikeH]

I have the VIA kt266 chipset, with CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX)
it refuses to boot, hanging just before you'd expect to see the IDE
boot messages come up.

lcpsi output :

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8367 [KT266]
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8367 [KT266 AGP]
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI] (rev 01)
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8029(AS)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b)
00:11.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 1b)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 
Ti4400] (rev a2)

Is there any other info from my system that would help track down why?

Thanks,

mike