From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 21 05:01:48 2005 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 5848416A41F for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 05:01:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ryallsd@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D06E543D45 for ; Wed, 21 Dec 2005 05:01:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ryallsd@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id t12so43579wxc for ; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:01:47 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=bgtQPH5Iz2//XiSgZIE9TjnjGH68BCmR5+lySDRko1yQzO2wgNioSQhp8ielRA7SlqE9l/khpUaNr72eZK3zmjI9RN/AiDktpivm0m68LQXXymU97Ub9v/fC7sVkMj9NuleOACAOQN4IzU5r4SGVmlNxSGnAk64INlxDiGy3wtQ= Received: by 10.70.42.8 with SMTP id p8mr358283wxp; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:01:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.42.4 with HTTP; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:01:46 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:01:46 -0800 From: Derrick Ryalls To: FreeBSD Questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: HP Pavillion laptop can't boot FreeBSD 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, 21 Dec 2005 05:01:48 -0000 Greetings, I recently purchased an HP Pavillion laptop (dv8000) that has an AMD-64 CPU= , with the intent on running FreeBSD 6.0 (i386) as a dual boot option. I hav= e installed BSD numerous times on various desktops, but this is my first attempt on a laptop. When I boot off the CD, before the boot menu comes up, an error message comes up: elf32_lookup_symbol: corrupt symbol table. Then the normal boot menu comes up, at which point selecting option 1 (normal) or option 2 (without ACPI) causes the BTX loader to halt after displaying some hex errors. I even tried hitting option 6, unsettng acpi_load, then booting, but the same error comes up. I tried 6.0 AMD-64 and didn't get as far. Before the boot menu could come up, it continually spews what appears to be the same/similar hex errors and didn't even respond to Cntrl-Alt-Delete. Trying 5.4, I don't get the elf32 error before the boot menu, but if I select option 1 it has trouble loading ACPI and then shuts down. Selecting option 2 (with the 5.4 cd) does not bring up an error, the system just shuts down. Out of curiousity, I tried = a Knoppix 4.0 CD and was able to fully boot and get a functioning system up (albeit running off the CD). My bios has painfully few options, such as boot order and disabling the onboard wireless nic, nothing else. Is there something else I should try, or do I have to wait for the time being? TIA for any suggestions. -Derrick