From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 21 02:25:26 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47AC316A4CE for ; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 02:25:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EB2743D4C for ; Thu, 21 Apr 2005 02:25:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 20E7172DDB; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:25:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B96472DD4; Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:25:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:25:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Matt Meola In-Reply-To: <1113495921.966.21.camel@matt.den-esniff.com> Message-ID: <20050420192407.B89198@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <1113495921.966.21.camel@matt.den-esniff.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD Stable List Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4 RC2 on a Compaq Laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 02:25:26 -0000 On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Matt Meola wrote: > Has anyone had any success getting 5.4RC2 installed on a Compaq Presario > laptop? According to my BIOS, I have a Presario R3200 (Athlon XP > processor). I get the splash screen, it begins the boot process > and then it just shuts off the computer. See the freebsd-amd64 list archives for an extensive discussion on the R3000 series. (or was it -mobile? :-) ) You will probably need to run at least -STABLE. These machines are wierd birds. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org