Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:06:02 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Sergio =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9s?= Ligregni Arredondo <chekkko@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: my arquitecture is... Message-ID: <20070720170602.7ed02a10@localhost> In-Reply-To: <BAY124-W11E97D3CA6B63FC53417F0A5F40@phx.gbl> References: <BAY124-W11E97D3CA6B63FC53417F0A5F40@phx.gbl>
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On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:48:44 -0500
Sergio Andr=E9s Ligregni Arredondo <chekkko@hotmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> I have a COMPAQ Presario (laptop) V2615LA with an AMD Sempron 1.83Ghz, 40=
GB HD, 256 MB RAM, I have the i386 arquitecture CD-ROM, I tried to install=
it, I see the FreeBSD boot menu (the one in console mode, with FreeBSD "dr=
own" in white), I choose 1 (default), and in the init scripts, it stuck in =
a line that says:
You dont say what version of FreeBSD is the CD....
i386 is the platform you need.
[...]
> =20
> I saw the README file in the CD and it says:
> =20
> FreeBSD supports COMPAQ/HP Alpha (alpha), Intel AMD (i386)...
> =20
> so I tried downloading the alpha arquitecture ISO (because I have a COMPA=
Q), but when I boot from CD it happens anything (well, like it tries to rea=
d something but it doesn't appears anything) and it go right to Windows.
just because Compaq bought Alpha years ago doesn't make Compaq-made hardwar=
e of the alpha architecture. As a matter of fact, (unless I'm very mistaken=
) Compaq drove the last few nails in Alpha's coffin, which was a pity.
> =20
> is there another arquitecture I should try? (like amd64 (but my CPU is no=
t 64))
> should I go to loader prompt and make some commands?
> is freeBSD not avaiable for some notebooks (because the drivers, or the b=
rand)?
> should I format all the HD and install FreeBSD in the hole disk?
you shouldn't have to do this.
> =20
> Thank you and sorry my English, I'm from Mexico
Tu ingles esta muy bien, sergio, no te preocupes ;)
You may want to ask in freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org , which is a list solely =
for laptop related issues.
B
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