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> When I try to boot floppy Disk1, it only goes so 
> far, the everything freezes. Â This is the last 
> line of text that appears while booting Disk1:
> 
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq 14

The Linux kernal has found your HD.  But does your
HD have any recognizable partitions?  The kernel 
that boots BasicLinux only recognizes Linux, DOS 
and vfat partitions.

> A blinking cursor appears beneath this line, but 
> no input from the keyboard registers.

Does your computer have any USB peripherals? (eg keyboard).  
The kernel that boots BasicLinux does not recognize usb.

Cheers,
Steven