Bug#506614: Lenny RC1: kernel hangs during boot

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi Chris,

In 2008, Chris Carr wrote:

> Machine: ancient home-built machine with QDI Legend V motherboard 
> Processor: Intel Celeron (Covington) 266MHz
[...]
> 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.

Sorry for the long quiet.

Do you still have access to this hardware?  If so, how are you coping
these days --- what kernel does it run, if any, and does it still
reproduce this bug?

Curious,
Jonathan