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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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