From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 13 08:46:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C8BB16A4CE for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:46:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from CRWdog.demon.co.uk (c-24-19-185-75.client.comcast.net [24.19.185.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C0A43D3F for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:46:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from spadger@best.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by CRWdog.demon.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EA9C69; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:46:52 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Ty Williams In-Reply-To: Message from Ty Williams <4C6B8E75-749C-11D8-B12D-000393CC83F8@insight.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1750141928P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 08:46:52 -0800 From: Andy Sparrow Message-Id: <20040313164652.1EA9C69@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems With Installation on OmniBook X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:46:53 -0000 --==_Exmh_1750141928P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > I am trying to get my first FreeBSD install going. I was given a HP > Omnibook 5700CT laptop recently. I downloaded all the ISOs for 5.2.1, > made the boot floppies, and took off. ... > Does anyone know how to get the installer to move past this point? > Thanks for you time and help. Ty, I never tried 5.x, but my 5700CTX installed 3.x, PAO and 4.x flawlessly - and ran them very well. Might be worth trying to boot-strap from an earlier release - you can always upgrade from source in-place. Probably worth checking that your boot floppy doesn't have any errors - QA on floppies went out the window a few years ago, and some literally seem to go bad between the initial format and the first use - try formatting it again with verification, getting the MD5 of the floppy image, using another etc. Also worth checking that all your memory is good - it's all pretty old now... One tip not related to FreeBSD but still applicable to a lot of HP laptops is to use the Product Recovery CD to format the disk from scratch - and /then/ delete the resulting 'Doze partition and install BSD - this way you create the Suspend-To-Disk partition for the BIOS and the Fn-F12 key actually works... The Suspend-To-Ram key should work fine if you enable APM in 4.x. Think I still have some kernel and X configs if you can get it up and running. HTH. Cheers, AS --==_Exmh_1750141928P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 iD8DBQFAUzr7PHh895bDXeQRApPhAJ0Yso1xcoUQa5Lqmq6jobIvXYbslACgi1Vw QAX22GAdxByNiLObfzh8kbw= =n/tx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1750141928P--