Error message with recent dapper kernel update

[D. R. Evans]

D. R. Evans said the following at 09/12/2007 02:50 PM :
> Just in case this is affecting anyone else...
> 
> After installing the most recent dapper amd64 kernel update on my dual-core
> 64-bit system, I noticed that during boot time, I began to see an error
> message:
>   MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
> 
> Adding the "noapic" option to the boot options removed the error message
> and (at least so far) seems to have had no adverse effects.
> 
> This is with an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium mobo.
> 
> 
> 

Turns out that "noapic" causes a complete system freeze after burning a CD
with k3b :-(

So right now I don't know how to get rid of the error message without
causing other catastrophic problems.