That is not the problem; I _have_ it working (with boot option).
The problem is that the kernel is really dumb about SB16 SCSI and you have to tell it what to do. Imagine you are a newbie trying to install Linux from a CD-ROM. All the documentation is hidden on the CD-ROM and you have _no_ clue about boot options anyway. You certainly can't compile a kernel. OS/2 and Win95 work.