Bug#506614: Lenny RC1: kernel hangs during boot
Package: installation-reports
Version: Lenny installer RC1 businesscard ISO from
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-businesscard.iso
Method: burned ISO to CD and booted from CD
Machine: ancient home-built machine with QDI Legend V motherboard
Processor: Intel Celeron (Covington) 266MHz
Memory: 640MB
Hard disks: Hitachi/IBM Deskstar 40GB
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [E]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
CD booted ok and installer started, kernel and initrd load ok but kernel hangs with the following message:
(after ACPI, floppy, IDE and USB messages)
"Marking TSC unstable due to: TSC halts in idle."
This error is 100% reproducible on every attempt. Googling it seems to indicate that it's something to do with udev, which would make sense: last time Debian was installed on this machine, udev didn't exist (kernel was 2.6.8).
Any tips? Is there a kernel parameter I can use to avoid this error?
Regards,
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