Grub hangs with Debian Net Install

[Xprotocol]

I'm trying to install debian 31r2-i386 net install on an old machine. The install itself works great, seems to detect all my hardware. At the end of the CD-ROM installation portion of the net install (nothing has been touched on the net at this point), I get to choose if I want GRUB on the MBR or not. It shows the other OS's on the system (actually just really old partitions on another drive that aren't needed) and says that I should be safe in doing so. I initially installed Debian to a 4GB SCSI disk running off an Adaptec card. Installed just fine, and I had GRUB put on the MBR. System goes to boot, all I get is the word "GRUB" in the upper left corner and a blinking cursor next to it. I can't type anything, I can only re-boot. I then tried installing again on a 13GB IDE drive, again installed GRUB to the MBR, again same problem. Any ideas? Thanks.

[dkeav]

check your media, you might have a bad burn/bad image

[Xprotocol]

I burned another disk, nothing changed.

[dkeav]

did you check the md5sum of your iso, what net install disk are you using, if its from the devel batch it could be broken

[teeitup]

WHat happens if you use a floppy and install grub to /dev/fd0?

This might shed some light on if it's the actual program or maybe a problem with the MBR on ide0.

Good Luck,

[Xprotocol]

did you check the md5sum of your iso, what net install disk are you using, if its from the devel batch it could be broken
I'm using debian 31r2-i386 stable from their official website. MD5 checks out ok.

WHat happens if you use a floppy and install grub to /dev/fd0?
I'll try and do that soon.


Thanks guys.