From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 24 03:14:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F21916A4CE for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 03:14:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cromagnon.cullmail.com (cromagnon.cullmail.com [67.33.58.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9336043D5A for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 03:14:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jamoore@cromagnon.cullmail.com) Received: from cromagnon.cullmail.com (localhost.cullmail.com [127.0.0.1]) iAO3BEOL046487; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:11:14 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jamoore@cromagnon.cullmail.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by cromagnon.cullmail.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id iAO3BClC046486; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:11:12 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from jamoore) From: Jay Moore To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Laszlo Antal Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:11:12 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <1101164748.B0CE72F@g33.dngr.org> In-Reply-To: <1101164748.B0CE72F@g33.dngr.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200411232111.12128.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 Does Not Install on Toshiba Satellite Laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 03:14:07 -0000 On Monday 22 November 2004 05:05 pm, Laszlo Antal wrote: > I am tryin to install FreeBSD 5.3 on my Toshiba Satellite Laptop. > Every time I boot up from the cd it stops loading at > pci0 on pcib0 > > I tryed everything in my bios.I even disable the wirwles card and the > mouse, unpluged evry extra and still stops. > I tryed boot with ACPI, ACPI disable, Safe Mode. > > Same problem. > > The same cd does boot correctly on my desktop. > > Does anyone could give me Idea what am I doing wrong? > Or if this laptop is not supported. This is not really an answer to your question, but I thought you might be interested in my experience with my Toshiba laptop (an old Tecra 8100, 500 MHz). I tried installing FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and the Debian Linux distro... all had what seemed to be pretty big problems that were going to require lots of my time to fix. I then tried the Fedora Core 2 Linux distro, and it worked so well I could hardly believe it. It worked so well, I decided to invest in a new battery, and larger hard drive. Now I've got a really functional, lightweight laptop I can use for all sorts of things... it was like finding $$$ on the street :) On a possibly more relevant note, Toshiba does run a website & mail list to support folks that are installing open source OS's on their laptops. Try googling "Toshiba laptop Linux FreedBSD". HTH, Jay