Installing woody bf24 on laptop -- system doesn't respond to keyboard

I'm trying to install Woody on a Compaq Presario 2199 US laptop. I get the boot: prompt and enter bf24. It goes through the hardware detection and gets to the language-selection screen, but at that point the system no longer responds to keyboard or mouse. If I say "vanilla" instead of "bf24" the

Installing woody bf24 on laptop -- system doesn't respond to keyboard

I'm trying to install Woody on a Compaq Presario 2199 US laptop. I get the boot: prompt and enter bf24. It goes through the hardware detection and gets to the language-selection screen, but at that point the system no longer responds to keyboard or mouse. If I say "vanilla" instead of "bf24" th