Boot problem

[Ken Martwick]

On my Compaq with AMD Sempron CPU and VIA chipset, Reactos
boots the v.0.2.8 LIVE CDROM to the point where it shows
the copyright, detects CPU and memory, and reports loading
of software modules through "disk.sys".  It then hangs and
locks the PC so that it must be unplugged to reboot. The
same sequence occurs on an HP with AMD Athlon CPU and a
VIA chipset.  Is this a known problem? What can be done?
Ken Martwick