Kernel 2.2.13 dumps AX/BX/CX/DX booting

[John Dalbec]

I thought I remembered seeing something about this problem before.
When I boot from floppy to Kernel 2.2.13 I get
0400
AX:0212
BX:7000
CX:5001
DX:0000.
over and over again.
I tried searching the list archives but I kept getting "no articles found."
What's the problem here?
Thanks,
John