Bug#271606: Sarge installer woes on Alpha

["Peter Van Rompaey" <blacky@blacky.be>]

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: downloaded from debian.org on 12 sept 2004
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.26-1-generic #1 Tue Sep 14 5:50 PDT 2004
alpha unknown (during installer) 
Date: Tue Sep 14 5:50
Method: Booted of net-installer CD

Machine: Digital Personal Workstation 500a with Adaptec AHA2940UW
controller
Processor: alpha EV56 500MHz
Memory: 384Mb
Root Device: SCSI-disk 4Gb on AHA2940UW controller
Root Size/partition table: -
Output of lspci and lspci -n: -

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:    [OK]
Configure network HW:   [OK]
Config network:         [OK]
Detect CD:              [OK]
Load installer modules: [OK]
Detect hard drives:     [OK]
Partition hard drives:  [E]
Create file systems:    [ ]
Mount partitions:       [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]

Comments/Problems:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address
000000000000000c
Kernel panic: attempt to kill the idle task!
In idle task - not syncing
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address
000000000000000c

After this, I need to powercycle in order to boot of CD again. Just
pressing the reset-switch is not enough.