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From: Sybren Stuvel 
Subject: Re: Error
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:?Fa>k3E34`3`C>> OK, I burned a copy of Ubuntu onto a CD. I booted from it, and get a long
>>> error message with the words
>>> MP-BIOS Bug: 8254
>>> IO-APIC
>>> What next?
>>
> Oh shit, the error message was half a page long. 

You could try turning off APIC and using PIC, it's usually a menu
option in your BIOS.

Sybren
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