Persevere! Stick with it! Frustration is fun!
Are you trying Kanotix? I have been trying to get BH9 installation working, apparently there are some bugs in the installer, it stalls out. I did get it on once, then tried upgrade, ran into one bug, (see post) once I got past that the upgrade messed up the system so bad I'm currently reinstalling.
If you have a Knoppix disk it may go on easier, I've not had any problems with the installer on knoppix.