From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 6 19:54:27 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 0905116A4CE for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 19:54:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ntvop2.netaccnt.net (ntvop2.netaccnt.net [208.34.105.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96E5D43D3F for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 19:54:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kenney@netacc.net) Received: from PORTEGE (unverified [68.50.31.136]) by ntvop2.netaccnt.net for ; Fri, 6 Aug 2004 15:54:24 -0400 From: "J. Kenney" To: Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 15:53:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-Index: AcR77xMnusx3ptvyTbivuBSg/gRZ+A== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Message-Id: <20040806195426.96E5D43D3F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Subject: Freebsd 5.x on Toshiba Portege 3500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 19:54:27 -0000 Good Afternoon All, 4.x boots/installs and works fine on my notebook (Toshiba Portege 3500), but no version of 5.x has successfully booted (with/without ASPI, safe mode, etc), but the strange thing is that if I load VMWare or VirtualPC 2004 and try to install FreeBSD 5.x into the VM it also does not survive the boot up? I was hoping that maybe someone has been able to get the Portege to boot, and could help with advise. Many thanks! J. Kenney