Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:08:09 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@gmail.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: HP Pavillion laptop can't boot FreeBSD Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEBGFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <d5eb95fc0512202101h7ff1bfe5p24fed3d2c5783bf3@mail.gmail.com>
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boot off floppies and try a ftp install. Or, boot windows and burn the freebsd cd in the laptop (i assume the laptop has a cd burner) sounds like a media error. Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Derrick Ryalls >Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:02 PM >To: FreeBSD Questions >Subject: HP Pavillion laptop can't boot FreeBSD > > >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 have >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 >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/207 - Release Date: >12/19/2005 >
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