5.1 & WD 80.0GB SE Drive Geometry

[Hendrik Hasenbein]

Jim wrote:
> Same deal.  Installation runs through fine, does the post-install, finishes
> nicely, and reboots to a void (system runs POST, shows the devices, then
> hangs indefinitely (pre-os startup)).

Turn on LBA access for that disk in your bios instead of auto and dont 
touch the geometrie in the editor. That worked for me.

Hendrik