Thanks to all who helped out with the installation problem.

I've now got the whole thing installed and ready to go.  I run the booter
and it displays the numbers adding up and everything like it's supposed to,
pauses, and puts up the "So I sez to him..." message like it's supposed to,
my drives spin a little the way they do when the machine's just about to
reboot except...

...it doesn't; it just freezes completely right then and there and does nothing.

Any idea what's causing this?  :)

   ____  _             __     __   "Great spirits have always encountered
  / __ \(_)__  ___ ___/ /__ _/ /__   violent opposition from mediocre
 / /_/ / / _ \(_-</ _  / _ `/ / -_)   minds."
/_____/_/_//_/___/\_/_/\_/_/_/\__/               -- A. Einstein