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Norma wrote:
> Could you guys put a warning at the top of this page.
[ ... ]
> Your dead in the water. Sorry."

Before we put big scary warnings there, can you try building out the hard 
drive on another machine, and then moving it into your problematic one?

Giving us a dmesg or uname would be helpful.  [ You might also try considering 
trying a NetBoot/PXE install, or blowing $15 on a floppy drive.  Heck, they 
even make USB floppy drives nowadays. ]

-- 
-Chuck