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Author: Julian M Catchen
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Subject: SMP Problems
Some dual processor motherboards are buggy with their APIC stuff. You
could try booting with the "noapic" option. It is listed in the folowing
doc in the kernel source: linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.

For info on how to do that, see the kernel bootprompt howto:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO.html

julian

On 2001.08.30 14:33 A.P. Etc wrote:
> I have a dual system with a Tyan Tiger 133 (S1834) Dual Slot1 motherboard
> with two Pentium 2 450's. Sometimes it gives me the error "APIC error on
> CPU0: 08(08)" or the like. It does it with no particular pattern but when
> it does happen, it scrolls a screen or two. The system also ocassionally
> has a kernel panic (has happened twice in the last two months) which
> appears to possibly be related. Any ideas on whats wrong or what I could
> check?
>
> -A.P. Etc
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> Dual Slot1 motherboard with two Pentium 2 450's. Sometimes it gives me
> the error
> "APIC error on CPU0: 08(08)" or the like. It does it with no particular
> pattern
> but when it does happen, it scrolls a screen or two. The system also
> ocassionally has a kernel panic (has happened twice in the last two
> months)
> which appears to possibly be related. Any ideas on whats wrong or what I
> could
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