Help! Installing 8.10 on Server - errors!!!!

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Jonathan Harrison
<jonathan-harrison at tiscali.it> wrote:
> Dear esteemed
>
> I am not a techie, so please bear with me.
>
> I have a spare PC on our LAN that we use to centrally store files.  I have
> upgraded it to AMD 64 Dual Core, 4 x 1Gig RAM, and stuff.  Been using Vista
> 64b Home Premium.
>
> I have decided to build a IPT (PBX) for the home and my office use, using
> the PC as a Server.  The system I want to try out is Unison’s.  This
> requires ubuntu as the Server OS.  I have downloaded the 64b version on to
> another PC, burnt it to CD using InfraRecorder (the recommended).  I have
> taken out the Hard Drive with the MS Vista OS and installed another which I
> have half formatted to create 1 partition and have only this HD and the CDRO
> drive installed on my machine.  Upon booting up it requests a boot from CD,
> which I do.  Asks for language, then presents a menu.  I have tried clicking
> F3 for change of keyboard (UK English) and also not doing so and just
> pressing the Install Ubuntu SW....  It starts alright and then says: I need
> to ENABLE IOMMU in BIOS settings.  I do not know what this is, but I have
> been in BIOS 3 times now looking for it and not found it.  I have enabled
> virtually everything, but bar pulling out more hair has had no effect....  I
> am currently running a memory test (nothing better to do).
>


You could try to add the following parameter in kernel boot parameters
(boot screen):

iommu=noaperture

Please read this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=911768

L.