I am trying to break my Bill and Steve addiction as I no longer have the bank to support this nasty habit.....

When I attempt to install Slackware 11.0 (kernel rev 2.4.33.3) onto a VM, the installation stalls and the message 'i8253 count too high! resetting' is repeated every minute (48 seconds) or so.

I attempted to load with the following command;

boot: sata.i clock=pit

I realize that this is a timing issue with VMs and their inability to handle clocking perturbations that an installed OS easily handles.

Does anyone know how to get around this so that I can install Slackware 11.0?

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Have a look at these:
- http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/arc....php/t-23.html;
- http://www.mcse.ms/archive/index.php/t-1209787.html;
- http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ad.php?t=71718;
- http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/lin...11.0/1992.html;

They sound like the same problem. The solution for one person was:
Generally, it's a good idea to paste your error message into a google search before posting here. At the very least, if those sites don't help - mentioning the searches you've done will save others here some time.

Hope that helps...