Problem when trying to install Debian Lenny

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Published on 2009-12-12T10:55:20Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 7:28 UTC
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I am installing Debian Lenny, but when I boot it, it stops at this point:

Please wait 
kernel loading...

It doesn't continue past this point. What should I do?

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