Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:11:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Neil Short <neshort@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD won't install or boot on HP NX9110 notebook Message-ID: <20040929071139.19375.qmail@web12824.mail.yahoo.com>
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This issue has been covered heavily over in the AMD64 list. The issue has been on the burner for several months. It is moving down the priority list. I guess it doesn't affect enough users. Plus, the known fix requires modifying code that has been a part of the system for a long time; so commiters aren't motivated to change it. There is actually a fix for it but it is really difficult to pull off because you have to make your own bootable media. It is uniqe to the nVidia3/AMD (64 and -M) chipset on laptop computers. Here is the note that provides the patch: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/2004-July/001664.html You have to go to a different computer and build your own set of installable CDs; then install on your computer but before rebooting, open the rescue shell and copy the built kernel to the hard drive to replace the generic one that is automatically in the root partition. -N ===== It is the soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest. --Zell Miller, speech at the GOP convention. 20040901 If history always begins this morning, the world holds exciting surprises around every corner (241). --Ann Coulter. Treason. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. --John F Kennedy __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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