From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 22 09:45:15 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24E8916A418 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:45:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sat@cenkes.org) Received: from heka.cenkes.org (heka.cenkes.org [208.79.80.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0771C13C465 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:45:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sat@cenkes.org) Received: from amilo.cenkes.org (ppp85-141-135-37.pppoe.mtu-net.ru [85.141.135.37]) (Authenticated sender: sat) by heka.cenkes.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FC00242F82E; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:25:44 +0300 (MSK) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:25:37 +0300 From: Andrew Pantyukhin To: eculp Message-ID: <20071222092535.GG96716@amilo.cenkes.org> References: <20071221174245.482324qxgn5ynudc@intranet.encontacto.net> <200712211925.31112.lists@jnielsen.net> <20071221195221.18565pkwdcogtr0g@intranet.encontacto.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071221195221.18565pkwdcogtr0g@intranet.encontacto.net> X-OS: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT amd64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, John Nielsen Subject: Re: Can't install FreeBSD Current or 7.0 on AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile TL-58 1.9 Ghz in an Acer 5520-5679 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: infofarmer@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 09:45:15 -0000 On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 07:52:21PM -0600, eculp wrote: >> On Friday 21 December 2007, eculp wrote: >>> We have an almost new Acer 5520-5679 in the office that we >>> intended to partition and install 8.0-CURRENT-200712-amd64 >>> but much to my surprise accessing the cdrom it went into an >>> immediate, unreadable loop of hex numbers that can only be >>> stoped by powering down. > > I'm still in hopes that someone has a trick up their sleeve. > There seem to be a lot of laptops that use the Turion 64x2 > mobile. Many of us are very happy owners of Turion 64x2 laptops. It's a long shot, but if you can setup a dhcp/tftp server, I'd advise booting over network to see if the cdrom has anything to do with it. The setup is very easy and only takes a few minutes. There are lots of howtos available.