cannot install Sarge

[sam rosenfeld <sam@wdn.com>]

I, a semi-knowledgeable Linux user, have received a Jan 22, 2005 version 
of Sarge on CDs 1, 2, an 3 from a mirror listed on the Debian site.  The 
installation stops and refuses to play nice after asking me for the 
Ethernet driver.  I do not use an Ethernet driver nor any other similar 
connection on my box.  When I try to force the installation bypassing the 
ethernet request, the installation seems to continue processing but yields 
a garbled Sarge which won't run at all.  I can't figure out precisely 
where the installation is going wrong, but it seems not to be installing 
either a grub or a lilo loader (I've tried both.)

I have Slackware 10.0 working on hda1 and am trying to install Sarge on 
hda3 (swap on hda2) with lots of memory to spare.

I'd appreciate any assistance.

Thanks,

sam