Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 12:52:51 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Baris Simsek <simsek@enderunix.org> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.0 Released: problem with HP Pavillion Message-ID: <436CFF83.6090907@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <20051105184341.45112.qmail@istanbul.enderunix.org> References: <20051105184341.45112.qmail@istanbul.enderunix.org>
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Baris Simsek wrote: > hello, > Unfortunately i couldn't booted with any version of FreeBSD on HP > pavillion zv5000 notebook. same result with FreeBSD 6.0 > It always reboots while loading kernel. > I tried latest NetBSD and it also have same problem. I'll try also > OpenBSD to make sure about if it is connected to *BSD. > 1 hour ago i installed OpenSolaris, and there is no problem. I installed > linux before on it without any problem. > I tried some boot options such as disabling ACPI. but it didn't effect. > Sorry i don't have more details because it goes reboot when start to > load kernel. May be, i should make kernel hacking, if i can do. > I just want to know that, is there anybody has same problem, or is there > anybody using FreeBSD on HP Pavilion? > Although, thanks for your efforts to release FreeBSD 6. I hope i'll > solve some performance problems (for example MySQL performance problem > in 4.X discussed here before) > regards, As you may or may not know - HP/Compaq has a habbit of changing/adding things to the firmware of other hardware. IE: take a normal Adaptec SCSI card, give it to HP, and they insert proprietary code. This is one of the main reasons *BSD seems to fail on HP/Compaq devices. Not all mind you, but a fair amount. Sometimes it helps to strip out some of the things in an HP device and install a vanilla chunk of hardware when installing *BSD. IE: - if a certain HP has the above mentioned SCSI card, remove it and install an Adapted. That has worked for me in the past. Just a thought. -- Best regards, Chris Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way!!
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