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Date:      Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:23:38 -0600
From:      Chris <racerx@makeworld.com>
To:        Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com>
Cc:        Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>, wrangled <wrangled@verizon.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Will FreeBSD *EVER* support Hp Pavillion laptops?
Message-ID:  <4392451A.7040700@makeworld.com>
In-Reply-To: <2fd864e0512031642u5c09128cr32af37f4b3cf9a07@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <43913E86.3080409@verizon.net>	<20051203225031.4f776e5d.lists@yazzy.org> <2fd864e0512031642u5c09128cr32af37f4b3cf9a07@mail.gmail.com>

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Astrodog wrote:
> On 12/3/05, Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> wrote:
> 
>>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:43:18 -0500
>>wrangled <wrangled@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Every year I try the latest version of FreeBSD to see if it works on
>>>my HP Pavillion 5445, and each year it hangs as soon as the intaller
>>>gets to acpi.ko.
>>
>>Did you try unloading ACPI when you boot the install cd ?
>>
>>>Yes, I've tried everything.  No, it still doesn't work.
>>
>>How much of everything did you try ?
>>
>>
>>>It's my only machine that cannot run FreeBSD.
>>>It just seems odd since the machine is fairly mainstream.
>>>
>>>I am mostly just curious at this point.

In a word - proprietary

Anyone that knows HP/Compaq knows that they "tweak" ordinary hardware by
adding something to the firmware and that makes it proprietary.

Do yourself a favor - If you want to run FBSD on a lappy, DON'T use an HP.

-- 
Best regards,
Chris

First rule of intelligent tinkering:
	Save all the parts



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