diff -urN linux-17pre5.orig/arch/ppc/chrpboot/main.c linux-17pre5.prep/arch/ppc/chrpboot/main.c
--- linux-17pre5.orig/arch/ppc/chrpboot/main.c	Wed Jun 21 19:23:35 2000
+++ linux-17pre5.prep/arch/ppc/chrpboot/main.c	Wed Jun 21 20:37:23 2000
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
     void *dst;
     unsigned char *im;
     unsigned initrd_start, initrd_size;
-    extern char _start;
-    
-    printf("chrpboot starting: loaded at 0x%x\n\r", &_start);
 
     if (initrd_len) {
 	initrd_size = initrd_len;