Hi Paul noapic got as far as a desktop with a blank top panel after 10-15 mins of waiting.
Have filed a bug: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/58255 Thanks for your help! Steve On 29/08/06, Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Steve Smith wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > > I'm trying to boot a Dapper disc as a live CD on a dual PIII 800 > > Compaq ProLiant ML350. It throws up: > > [4294669.909000] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC > > Can you please file a bug at: > > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+filebug > > so that they can help you come up with a permanent workaround and get it > added. Even better is if you manage to find a solution in your you testing. > > Can you try booting with: > > noapic > > and the like (although I have a feeling that that won't work). The error > message you got appears to indicate that there maybe a physical connection > missing between the (legacy clock/time chip) and the CPU-based APIC > ("Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller"), or that it some how requires > 'connecting' by some magic on that motherboard. > > -Paul > -- > High on a tall bridge, surrounded by noisy lorries. Nottingham, GB > > > -- > ubuntu-uk mailing list > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
