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"Sybren Stuvel"  wrote in message 
news:slrneuge6k.ifu.sybrenUSE@schuimige.stuvel.eu...
> Pete enlightened us with:
>>>> 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
> -- 
> Sybren Stüvel
> Stüvel IT - http://www.stuvel.eu/
Won't that diminish performance?
-Pete

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