[ILUG-BOM] Strange problem with installing (K)Ubuntu.

Hello everyone at LUG-BOM,

I am facing this strange problem while trying to install Kubuntu/Ubuntu 7.10 on a friend's computer. The media integrity is verified as I used the same CDs on his laptop and they worked fine.

However I got the following error while trying to install it on the desktop computer. { [ 0.476000 ] .. MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC [ 0.476000 ] Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Boot with apic=debug and send a report. Then try booting with the `noapic` option. }

I did not try the apic=debug and the noapic options as i am not aware how to set the boot options.

Any help in this regard greatly appreciated. Thanks and regards.