Ramdisk issue fixed - now it's a LILO problem

After installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.0, configuring and rebooting the system, I get a stream of scrolling LI's LI LI LI LI LI and so on... According to the LILO documentation this means that the second stage boot loader is loaded but has failed to execute. At first I thought it might be an issue

Ramdisk won't go away?

I've just installed Debian 2.0 on a Compaq Proliant. Everything seems to be in order, except for the fact that every time the system is booted, I get the screen displaying "This is the Debian Rescue disk..." followed by the "boot:" prompt. This screen comes up despite the fact that I am booting d