[SOLVED] hang after install

So after playing with OMV in a VM I decided to go ahead and install it on my old 32bit WHSv1 server.
I installed it off the CD onto what was previously the WHS system drive.
It says it installed successfully and to remove the CD and press enter to reboot.
I do so and it reboots and I get to the end of the post process where it says Verifying DMI pool data and then it just hangs.
I am not a super experienced Linux admin-type so I am not sure what to try. Any ideas?

edit: i have a debian LIVE CD I made beforehand so i could test if the hardware worked which it did, which is why i felt OK installing it. I can also use this to help fix it I guess, but I'm not sure what to try exactly.

edit2: With Debian LIVE i am able to mount the drive and can see the FS and whatnot, looks OK. I looked at /var/log/dmesg but it is empty not sure what else to look at, nothing seems relevant.

Yeah I have 4 other drives in there. You saying maybe its trying to boot off the wrong drive?
Its the same drive WHS boot off of with no problems, not sure how that could have been switched around?

System drive is IDE
4 other drives are all SATA, 2 onboard, 2 on a PCI sata card.
I am going thru and changing the boot HD from 0,1, etc will see what happens.

Well I checked with live CD and it definately installed on the right drive, I just cant get it to boot for some reason. I tried all the drives in the BIOS settings and none work (hdd-0,1,2,3,SCSI) other settings are just tings like LAN and USB.

It is an Asus a7n8x deluxe v2.
I did as you said, disconnected all the SATA drives, currently reinstalling on the system drive.

And it works! Very strange! All my data is intact as well. Maybe the 1st install was screwy for some reason? Ah well you got me out of a jam, thanks!

Was not using RAID, just JBOD. Worked fine under WHS, thats why I found it odd to not boot in OMV.