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Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Presario v2000
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            "Shawn McDonald" <mcdonaldville@gmail.com> writes:
: I've recently purchased a Presario V2305 laptop.  The price was right and
: overall I am quite happy with the unit but I cannot get FreeBSD installed.

How cheap :-)

: I've tried 5.2, Freesbie and beta 4 of 6.0 but all hang very early in the
: installation process.  Most of the Linux distos and live CDs work (I have
: installed and am running Ubuntu without any problems) but to be quite frank,
: I miss my BSD.  If someone has had ANY success with the v2000 series, I
: would appreciate a kick in the right direction.

I'd try 5.4 as well, and 4.11 too.

Warner