Unless you know what you're doing, don't screw with the kernel. You just need to give it a 'noapic' option.
If you're using GRUB, look for a line that looks something like this:
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kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 ro console=tty0
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...and make it look something like this:
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kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 ro noapic console=tty0
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If you have a 'kopts' line, you can just add it to that.