I had the same problem on the VIA Nehemiah (in my case: stepping 8, 1 GHz) as explained in this link
http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Kernel/2008-07/msg11568.html this seems to be a problem of the via chip (something about stepping and NOP's) in kernels above 2.6.22 I installed the 2.6.22-3-486 from the lenny repository (via rescue mode of the installer) kernel is now booting - some dma problems remain maybe there is a chance to choose the 2.6.22 image by default for the buggy cpu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]