Can you both guys fetch this kernel:

	ftp://ftp.nuclecu.unam.mx/incoming/vmlinux 

and send me the output of the crash? 

now i get 

"Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00003004, epc == 
 880cb0d4, ra == 880cb698"

funny, i now get a scsi error after successfully (?) passing the eth driver 
init:

sda: scsi disk I/O error dev 08:00, sector 0
unable to read part. table

i guess that'd impose some problems to fdisk, too :)

o.