What does this error code mean?

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When I put in my Ubuntu 32-bit version 7.10 CD and try to load it I am getting the below error code. What is going on? I already tried resetting my CMOS. I pulled the battery out for about eight hours to no avail.

Error Code:

[36.930147] ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
[37.108820] Kernel panic - not syncing: IO-APIC + timer doesn't work! Boot with apic = debug and send a report. Then try booting with the 'noapic' option
 
Is that a live cd or an install type? The disk itself should be looked over as well as trying to boot from it again after using a len cleaner on the drive if no scratches or finger marks are seen on the disk itself. Sometimes you have to try booting a few times to suddenly see a disk read and load up properly.

The error there would be typical of a linux failure to detect hardware with the distro not loading as it normally would. Some disable the cpu frequency or hyperthreading options in the bios since no one seems to have an exact solution for this. You'll find plenty of threads on Linux forums describing the exact same problem with this distro as well as the 64bit version and Fedora Core 3.
 
I don't know what you mean by live CD or install. But the Compaq Disc I am using was shipped from Ubuntu.com.

Where do you buy a lens cleaner from? The optical drive I'm using is about 5 years old so that is possibly a problem. The disc has no marks or scratches on it.

I've also tried rebooting with this Compaq Disc about one dozen times.
 
Any retail store that sells vcrs and dvd players will have a kit with a cd type disk in it. Some are combo kits with a blank vhs cleaning tape with a liquid along with the disk that you simply put in any cd player or optical drive on a pc.

CompaQ branded Linux disk? That could easily be bonded to one type of system and it's hardware configuration for old model before HP bought them out. Linux by itself can be downloaded directly and burned onto a cd-r where the live version or install to drive type release. Live means self contained OS on a cd-r. You run it by booting from the disk alone. Install means just that install to hard drive and use a Grub, Lilo, or other boot loader.
 
When I say Compaq Disc I just mean CD. And from what you described I believe it is a live Compaq Disc. This Linux Ubuntu installation disc worked fine with my system. I uninstalled and reinstalled the operating system a few times and had no problems with it.

Then I decided to try the 64-bit version of Ubuntu. It ran slower than 32-bit Ubuntu and had some software incompatibility issues so I tried to reinstall the 32-bit version of Ubuntu and now I'm getting the above error messages. I've uninstalled the 64-bit version before trying to install the 32-bit Ubuntu to no avail.
 
Did you remove the current root partition as well as the installation. If you are trying to use the first root for going back to the other distro with the first partition try creating a new fresh one to install the files to. That will insure nothing remaining will interfere with a fresh detection of the new one.
 
How do you go about formating the whole hard drive and wiping it clean? I don't have Windows anymore so that eliminates one option.
 
For Windows as well as Linux the free Linux tool GParted will work out quite well. For stricly going Linux the QParted drive tool is also available free of charge except for the obvious cost of a blank cd-r. There will partition while you will need to format any new ones created for the root not swap. That is simply reserved for virtaul memory when needed like for the larger distros.

Generally the installation will offer the abilty to format the new VFat type primary or extended partition created for the root. The tutorial for installing each distro will instruct you on what tool is used for this. The GParted drive tool will easily remove any MS type partitions remaining as well as the VFat used for the 64bit release.
 
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