I just tried to install Debian Jessie 8.1 onto a Dell 1950 !
Installation go though correctly, but the box will not boot afterward
with the error mentioned in this bug report !
I tried Martintxo solution, but sadly 220-4 of udev is not available
anymore, and installing a newer version require systemd upgrade, and
when I tried that, the box didn't gave the same error but wouldn't boot
anyway !
I don't want to worried that my system will not boot and install a
custom kernel... I really want to switch to debian (on rhel right now),
but this issue is killing me !