First-time boot stuck at Uncompressing Linux

[Richard Dybowski <rdybowski btinternet com>]

Hi

I am a Linux newbe and I have attempted to install Red Hat Linux 6.1 for 
the first time today. Everything seems to have gone fine during the 
installation procedure right up to the "Done" dialog box. However, when I 
booted the system for the first time, I got the following text :

LILO boot:
Loading linux .................
Uncompressing Linux ... <cursor>

and that was it! No further progress: the cursor just stayed at that 
position. I thought that maybe the uncompression process had run out of 
disk space, but when I checked Partition Magic 5.0, there was still 1068 MB 
unused in the partition for the root directory and 12 MB remaining in the 
/boot partition. I rebooted the computer but this time I only got as far as

LILO boot:
Loading linux .................<cursor>

Can anyone help please?

Richard

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