incomplete boot?

I cannot get the new kernel I built to boot completely.
It hangs after printing this message to screen.
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP For Linux 4.0
It also appears it cannot mount the file system.
How do I get log messages for complete and incomplete sessions?

Thanks
Godwin

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Linux 65340hfc116.tampabay.rr.com 2.4.2-2 #1 Sun Apr 8 20:41:30 EDT 2001 i686 unknown

Gnu C                  2.96
Gnu make               3.79.1
binutils               2.10.91.0.2
util-linux             2.10r
modutils               2.4.2
e2fsprogs              1.19
PPP                    2.4.0
isdn4k-utils           3.1pre1
Linux C Library        2.2.2
Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.2.2
Procps                 2.0.7
Net-tools              1.57
Console-tools          0.3.3
Sh-utils               2.0
Modules Loaded         sd_mod sr_mod usbkbd autofs 8139too ipchains ide-scsi scsi_mod ide-cd cdrom mousedev keybdev hid input usb-uhci usbcore