Try the current testing netinst:
wget http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/netinst/i386/sarge-i386-netinst.iso
Simply boot then choose English (Australia), us keyboard, cdrom, load kernel modules, installer modules (none chosen), skip PCMCIA, find network and configure, configure static network: fairmont, act.cmis.csiro.au, 125.83.72.15 125.83.72.1, 105.229.8.169, 255.255.255.192, 105.229.8.190, mirror http US ftp.us.debian.org sarge, hardware and kernel drivers, partition (/dev/hda1 / 36GB ext2, Swap 1GB), create filesystems, base install, ERRORS....