Issue with installation

[Mike Duff <duff@enteract.com>]

Package: boot-floppies
     Version: 3.0 (woody) (kernel
2.4.18-bf2.4)
    
flavor:        ???
     architecture:  i386
    
model:         Dell Inspiron
7000
    
memory:        192mb
    
scsi:          none
    
cd-rom:        ATAPI DVD-ROM
     network card:  n/a
    
pcmcia:        n/a

I'm a new Linux installer (haven't done it for about 7 or 8
years).  Booting off of an install CD.
After the language selection is made (regardless of the language I pick),
the system pops back into the language selector.  If I turn on
DEBUG, I see a seg fault error.  Lots of registers and addresses,
I'll be happy to email if it will be helpful.  The ones that look
most pertinent:
EFLAGS: 00010282
/sbin/dbootstrap (tcgetattr+0x75)[0x804ad01]

I've tried the following options at the boot prompt, with the same
results:
auc7xxx=no_probe

And if I add parameters that cause the ignoring of the frame
buffer/language chooser, it just gets into an infinite loop of grey
screens - keeps showing the seg fault error message (hit return, it shows
it again and again).

Anybody have a good idea?

Michael P. Duff, Jr. <duff@enteract.com>
Director, divine Advanced Web Technology (Chicago)
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