Hi Joshua,
This could have been due to the broken 2.4.27 kernel images that the netinst was built upon.Try again in a few days when the new udebs have been built against.
Okay, if I get a chance to get to the machine again (it's not mine and it is being used as a production server right now), I will try to do so. Is there anything else I could try to do that might help you debugging?
Florian