Bug#277298: same error

[Faheem Mitha <faheem@email.unc.edu>]

I'm get the behaviour described when trying to install Debian on a Dell 
machine with the pre-rc2 Debian Installer. At boot it hangs at the message

Real Time Clock Driver v1.1.2

and Ctrl-C does not seem to shift it. This machine is a Dell Optiplex 
which I am installing for a friend.

Does anyone want more information about this?

I'll try with the acpi=off option, which I presume is a option I pass to 
the kernel at boot.

                                                           Faheem.