Install Problem - Fails on Boot

["Janet R. Wendorf" <janet@radke.cchem.berkeley.edu>]

Hello,

    I am new to Linux and looking for some help.  I am trying to load
version 2.1 on a Pentium MMX 133.  I can boot from the CD-ROM, it starts
loading, spews some messages and hangs on the last message of:
hdb: DF6910C(-D18)2, ATAPI CDROM drive
and absolutely refuses to go any further.  If I leave it for an hour or so
the screen eventually goes black.  I have a sound card, a modem, a video
card, no other extras.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Janet