14 CD's Sarge: CD #1 Hangs

[craig <craig@stellarnet.com>]

Sir:

I purchased the full Sarge CD set for the x86, which I received in the mail.
I wish to install this on a system which is currently running Fedora Core 4

This system is a  EPIA-M  Mini-ITX with a EPIA-M series motherboard with 
a ID C5C VIA C3 Ezra processor.
900 MHz; -march=i586; m3dnow -03 -pipe; -fomit-frame-pointer; -mmmx; 12 
stage pipeline; FPU@ 50% clock; 1.35v; CPGA/EBGA; 52 mm2

PROBLEM:
It does not boot to an installation screen form disc #1.
I assume that disc #1 is the starting disc for installing Debian:  yes/no
What I do get is a Debian graphics screen.

The system has a DVD/CDROM drive as it's only installation drive.

Is there a solution to this problem?

thank you
Craig