RedHat 8.0 refusing to boot

[David Nelson <David Nelson motion-ind com>]

This really helpful when I was in the install process and I am fairly sure
that RedHat did indeed install correctly to disc.

I'm using a Compaq EVO 1020v and I have searched Google both groups and
general and cannot find a solution.

My problem is that no matter how many of the boot commands I enter,
specifically nodma pci=biosirq noapic apm=off
RedHat hangs on boot with the last few lines being displayed:
Partition check:
 hda:

Anyone out there have some pointers on this?

Thanks,
-Dave