PM9500/180 dual processor install problems

[Matt Emson]

I have PM9500 180 dual processor, IMS TwinTurbo 128 video card (I can get an
ATi MAch 64 if that will help). 64mb ram. 3 internal drives, 1 CDRom and an
external drive. I'm trying to install tot he external drive but I gat a
freeze up on the selection of the source media (I have got it to change from
CDRom to NFS once, but by complete accident... I actually want CDRom)

Anyone got any ideas? I'll take a mozy over to Mandrake if not.

 (This is not my first Linux install - done multiple Mandrake, RedHat and
 Gentoo on Intel hardware.)

 Matt