From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 19 12:22:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org 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 E3FCE16A4DD for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:22:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wittig.robert@sbcglobal.net) Received: from smtp107.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp107.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com [68.142.229.98]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5E12D43D67 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:22:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wittig.robert@sbcglobal.net) Received: (qmail 73252 invoked from network); 19 Jul 2006 12:22:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.3?) (wittig.robert@sbcglobal.net@70.142.248.62 with plain) by smtp107.sbc.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Jul 2006 12:22:21 -0000 Message-ID: <44BE241B.9010909@sbcglobal.net> Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 07:22:51 -0500 From: Robert C Wittig User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marwan Sultan References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: fbsd 6 didnot work on laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:22:23 -0000 Marwan Sultan wrote: > > hello, > > Well, I did what im doing since 7 years on desktops! just inserted the > cd, startedup the laptop > and asked for installation, then the normal procedures, you know? > partitioning..etc.. > when the installation done, i removed the cd and restarted, but the > laptop freeze..on a black screen, blank, nothing.. > > Do i have to do any speciall thing during installation, > will you help please? > I dunt know what loader u ment, just the default one? > > I wish to run freebsd on my laptop as well its on my desktop since years. 'Laptop' is a generic term. Some laptops are built with hardware that is supported by the distribution that you are attempting to install, and some laptops are not supported by the distribution that you are attempting to install... or maybe, if you have a weird laptop, nothing will run on it except Windows XP. The same is true for desktop machines, but with laptops, it is *much* more difficult (or impossible) to swap in hardware that is compatible with the distribution you are attempting to install. Did you do some Googling, to see if your specific laptop is compatible? -- -wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/ . http://robertwittig.net/