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From: Allodoxaphobia 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: Error
Date: 2 Mar 2007 23:36:49 GMT
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On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:39:50 -0500, Pete wrote:
> "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.
>>
> Won't that diminish performance?

hmmmm....  You have "performance" now?
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