Tray loader iMac G3 won't boot dapper kernel

[Brian McKee]

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Hi All
     I have  a tray loading G3 iMac I'm trying to install dapper on.
It was running a server install of breezy.

     First I tried to do a clean install from the alternate cd.    
Regardless of the option I choose at the boot prompt I end up at an  
open firmware prompt.

     Thinking it was an issue with the cd, I edited my sources.list  
to say dapper rather than breezy and did an
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade   It seemed to complete ok,  
but when I did a reboot I ended up at that open firmware prompt again.

     If I choose the old kernel option at the boot prompt it boots  
fine - so right now it's running Dapper with a 2.6.12-10 kernel :-/

I have three questions:
1 -   Any suggestions on how I can get this Mac to boot on the  
current kernel?
2 -  I think I should file a bug somewhere since the install cd  
doesn't work - where do I go?
3 - What's the proper way to compile my own kernel on this machine?   
I'd like to try to get an 80x25 console screen and I'm pretty sure  
it's a compile time option.

Comments appreciated,
Brian McKee

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