Painful Installation and Booting Issues on an iMac Rev A

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Hello!
I am absolutely stymied by this new version of Yellow Dog Linux (Sirius). In 
the past, I have used 2.x, but I went back to Mac OS Classic, and I now 
remember why I switched to Linux before...

Unfortunately, the darn thing doesn't work. I follow all installation 
procedures (in text mode), installing everything but GiMP (which seems to make 
the installer hang), everything installs successfully, it gives me happy 
messages, I reboot, and I sit and stare at the "Loading kernel..." message. I 
have installed several times now (wiping the HD clean with Drive Setup between 
installs), the latest time I let the "Loading kernel..." message sit there for 
three hours, having read something about SSL loadings or something taking lots 
of time on the first boot. To no avail.

I am installing YDL 3.0 from FTP'd ISOs burnt on a Windows PC onto a Revision A 
iMac (Bondi Blue) with an IBM Deskstar 45GB. There are no hardware aberrations 
but for my Voodoo2 GameWizard, additional RAM, and that I don't use stock Apple 
kb/m: I use a MacAlly kb and an IntelliMouse. Any one have any ideas about this 
painful problem?

Thank you very much!
Matt Malinowski