just installed ubuntu...got error

[50cent1228]

i just installed ubuntu...i burned it and when it booted. i pressed the "check cd for errors" button and it came up with this:

Uncompressing Linux...Ok booting the kernel
MP-Bios bug: 8254 time not connected to IO-APIC
Kernel panic- not syncing: IO APIC timer doesn't work
boot with apoc-debug and send report
then try booting with the no apic option

what should i do????

 

[xcript]

Do as it says and try booting with the no apic option. At the CD boot menu hit F6 (IIRC), append "noapic" and hit enter.

Edit: Your post is a little confusing, though. Did you actually install it or simply boot off the disc and start the error check?

If you have already installed it take the disc out of the drive, reboot your system and if you still get the APIC error you'll need to append noapic to grub's kernel line. To do this:

Reboot the system, hit escape before it counts down to autoboot (you only have ~2 seconds to do this), hit E (to edit), go down to the "kernel ..." line, hit E again and append " noapic" (without the quotes). Finally, hit enter then B to boot the system.

You'll need to make this permanent by editing the grub config (/boot/grub/menu.lst) once you boot into the system.



Edit2: BTW, next time you install Ubuntu (or any distro - thought the way it's done may vary slightly), do the F6 for "other options" at the CD boot menu thing I mentioned above. This way it'll write it to the grub conf for you.

 

[50cent1228]

did it and it worked it loaded...now my second question is ...
i already have windows installed on my c drive now i want to have ubuntu on this machine as well now...in the partitioning software what do i do??? should i select manual option or not...sry im a noob...could u guide me through what i need to do to get a 30 gb space of ubuntu on my c drive without formating the whole drive

 

[50cent1228]

basically i want the drive to have a partitioned space of 30 gb for ubuntu without reformatting or deleting my windows

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: 50cent1228
basically i want the drive to have a partitioned space of 30 gb for ubuntu without reformatting or deleting my windows

Boot off the Ubuntu disc. Once you're at the Gnome desktop run "gparted". It's a partition editor that'll allow you to resize your existing partition(s) and free up space for Ubuntu.

I've resized NTFS, EXT3, etc. partitions with it loads of times and not had a problem but BE WARNED: if it fails for some reason it could FUBAR your Windows partition so backup anything you can't afford to lose.