Hi dolemite,
For now, go into the bios and disable your parallel port, or at least set it to `bidirectional'. Also, make sure that your BIOS is set to Plug N' Play OFF or NO.
As for the keyboard, you can try to install after doing these things in the BIOS, if it does not work, try a PS/2 keybaord for now. Later you can rebuild the kernel with some options that will help you use USB a little better.
Hope this helps.
