MP Bios Bug 8254 No Timer Error Code when booting from fedora live cd!!

Rapid33 · 01-10-2011, 11:54 PM

hi there have downloaded fedora 14 live cd, attempting to install on IBM Netvista s42. When I boot from the 'welcome to fedora live dektop' screen menu i get the following error code "MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC". From reading the forums it appears i should update the bios,but it appears to have the latest update revision applied anyway. However others have mentioned i could boot with noapic. Could someone please explain how to get into the grub bootloader from the fedora live dektop screen, what command do i need to input etc, and once in grub what command do i need to input to use noapic. Or is there a better option? Sorry am a linux newbie, wasn't expecting to encounter this bios issue, trying to learn as fast as poss.
Thanks

markush · 01-12-2011, 05:36 AM

Hello Rapid33, welcome to LQ,

I've found an explanation on an Ubuntu-site http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/booten. This doesn't matter since grub is independent of the distribution (so far). But unfortunately the documentation is in german language, hopfully it will help you anyway.

Markus

H_TeXMeX_H · 01-12-2011, 09:01 AM

I've had this particular message before, long ago, when using Fedora. I remember that the solution was one of:

Code:

noioapic
nolapic
noapic

See:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelCommonProblems