Firewall install hangs?

[Hal <klingons@speakeasy.org>]

I've been running a hobbled version of a commercial firewall package on  
an old 486/66 (w dual nics) and I'm tried to get stable installed on it  
as a replacement firewall.  The installation is floppy based and seems  
to go fine until the base system install.  It then seems to hang on:   
"validating  
/target/var/lib/apt/lists/debootstrap/invalid_dists_woody_main_binary- 
i386_packages".  I let it sit for 10-15 minutes.  Is it hung or could  
this validation take longer on a 486?  The file name looks like a  
pseudo error message which has me wondering.

Also,  any pointers to suggested minimum packages to install on a  
firewall only machine?

Thanks.