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   From: Sybren Stuvel    
   Subject: Re: Error   
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   Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 15:46:45 +0100   
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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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