From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 6 08:26:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AEA9106564A for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:26:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luis.henrix@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f206.google.com (mail-ew0-f206.google.com [209.85.219.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE66A8FC15 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:26:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy2 with SMTP id 2so689597ewy.43 for ; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:26:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZqVbcKVNpNjUqsX+QxqjXiC6P4kfvX9EXD2+8GXjsxU=; b=jwTpzeQFqJdtHNRjdiePqKtt142TVgW4klNjsZRmRxy9DH0CQ3GR734VEmrEgFNR/P f9yXpeuFGpphuwU9WT08SoWbL7h3dungLhB4oEHVSnMmdo0gdoYicyBhPiEJ31PhZ+n+ k4A4Z/huJNQjbrqtSTcLkggU1TK3SRwNyqv6o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=E0mKaavD8grHCCO/6SgAP4eCC+xOTUs9MiCgCZp5WNX3T3zwRzT7QLA4KrroKFwOU9 hkyyLK5kAZzuUyaBN9XfhNLBDcEpq3vrmFojpTAw/6ts7USuP2yRdzggvOYDOsXlQI2G iPWLM4vjijms1XO8/A4w3Huqz/Jdde7MESDqA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.72.209 with SMTP id t59mr1984004wed.27.1249547175437; Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:26:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200908051647.30315.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> References: <5b2efe7c0908051401w62088d7en1af537741bd24f89@mail.gmail.com> <200908051647.30315.mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:26:15 +0100 Message-ID: <5b2efe7c0908060126i6ae88c73pbae3882f00c2cbd3@mail.gmail.com> From: Miguel To: Mel Flynn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation 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: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:26:17 -0000 On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Mel Flynn wrote: > Your best bet is to poll the mobile list (CC'd) to see if anyone was able to > get FreeBSD working on this laptop (or even to know whether this is a lost > cause till somebody makes some patches for this laptop). Since 7.2 also does > not work and with 8.0-RELEASE being in it's final stages, it's unlikely you > can get some priority from the developers for it being a regression bug. The > acpi and missing disk can be related (most likely are), but unless you get at > least a live FS working (even the USB image for 8.0-BETA2) it will be hard to > get an acpidump(8). So this really depends on "someone knowledgeable having > this laptop" or BIOS tricks that get you to a stage where more info can be > gathered and saved/snapshot. Ok, I understand chances to have it running in the short term are not high :-) Anyway, and since I am replying to the mobile list, I am available to provide more information about the laptop. I have Linux running on it and I believe there is something similar to the acpidump (not sure if its the same tool as in FreeBSD or if their outputs are compatible) that I could use to provide some more details. Regards, Miguel