noapic

[Priscilla Smith]

Binary package hint: devicekit-disks

i installed Ubuntu 9.10 recently but then when i restarted my computer without the disk the system wouldnt work stating something about the timing wasnt syncing and i need to use the noapic feature.
i have no idea what it means and i cant get the system working unless the disk is in

ProblemType: Bug
.etc.fstab:
 aufs / aufs rw 0 0
 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0
 /dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
Architecture: i386
CheckboxCommand: $CHECKBOX_SHARE/scripts/disk_bench_test
CheckboxDescription:
 Disk benchmark:

 $output

 Is this ok?
CheckboxTest: disk_bench
Date: Sun Apr 25 12:22:35 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: HP Pavilion 061 EP020AA-ABG a1350a
Package: devicekit-disks 007-2ubuntu3
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- noapic
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: devicekit-disks
Symptom: storage
Tags: checkbox-bug
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 12/02/2005
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 3.05
dmi.board.name: Asterope
dmi.board.vendor: Hewleet-Packard
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3.05:bd12/02/2005:svnHPPavilion061:pnEP020AA-ABGa1350a:pvr0qm0114RE101ASTER00:rvnHewleet-Packard:rnAsterope:rvr1.0:cvn:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: EP020AA-ABG a1350a
dmi.product.version: 0qm0114RE101ASTER00
dmi.sys.vendor: HP Pavilion 061