Etch install fails on HP 9000 715 and 755

[Trey Perrin <dperrin@scires.com>]

All,

I am trying to install Etch on two HP 9000 series workstations. One is a 
715/50 with 64 MB of RAM, and the other is a 755/99 with 192 MB of RAM. 
When using the tty0 console (monitor and HIL keyboard and mouse), the 
keyboard loses functionality after booting to the CD. I get to the 
"Choose Language" screen of the debian-installer and cannot proceed. 
Even adding BOOT_DEBUG=3, the keyboard does not work in the "just 
booted" shell. I also attempted installing through the serial console, 
but it hangs while attempting to detect the CD ROM. I have tried Etch 
RC1 and a weekly build I downloaded on February 22.

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/hppa/iso-cd

Both result in the same problems. Any suggestions on how to get the 
graphical installer to work?

Thanks,
Trey