Comment 30 for bug 10712

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 6
model name : AMD Athlon(TM) XP1700+
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1477.556
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 2958.01

The grub from Debian has version 0.91. I didn't change it nor tried newer version. I doubt the compilation process change anything, I get the same kind of problems when booting from Solaris CD.

Binary search for a triggering change is more than I'm ready to do.