From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 26 09:23:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04D5F16A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:23:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from leonis.nus.edu.sg (leonis.nus.edu.sg [137.132.1.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D7AC43D54 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:23:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jqdkf@army.com) Received: from 120-22.priv.nus.edu.sg (175-55.priv19.nus.edu.sg [172.19.175.55]) by leonis.nus.edu.sg (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i5Q9Mkrc023768 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:22:51 +0800 (SGT) Received: (qmail 70612 invoked by uid 1000); 26 Jun 2004 09:22:45 -0000 From: jqdkf@army.com Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:22:45 +0800 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040626092245.GB54758@cactus.homeunix.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040626143912.24ea4d67.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040626143912.24ea4d67.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Centrino - Made for Microsoft Windows XP? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 09:23:17 -0000 On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 02:39:12PM +0800, Robert Storey wrote: > I recently purchased a new laptop, an IBM X31 ThinkPad, which uses the Centrino processor. I had high expectations for this machine. > > Alas, my expectations have been shattered. All attempts at installing FreeBSD 5.2.1 quickly end with a crash. Interestingly, I have an old FBSD 4.8 CD - that installs fine. Lest anybody think my 5.2.1 CDR is bad, I went and downloaded it a second time, plus I also tried a network install. Failure every time. > ... My laptop is R40 with a centrino CPU. I bought it a year ago and began to use FreeBSD-current until now. Centrino is not a problem, and I can also use the wireless card with ndis module. I should say that 5.2 has a lot of great features and can support more new devices, but it is still not very stable. By the way, I didn't install 5.2 directly from CD, but upgraded from a 5.1 disc. -- Zeng Nan Simple is Beautiful.