From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 22 19:37:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rhubarb.fwi.com (rhubarb.fwi.com [209.84.175.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C06214DDF for ; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:37:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peeter@rhubarb.fwi.com) Received: from rhubarb.fwi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rhubarb.fwi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA19044; Wed, 22 Dec 1999 22:41:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from peeter@rhubarb.fwi.com) Message-ID: <386199D7.41C67EA6@rhubarb.fwi.com> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 22:41:11 -0500 From: Peeter Pirn X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gao Tu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hp pavilion 8562 PC References: <19991222205535.5096.qmail@web606.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I installed FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE months ago on a HP Pavilion 6350 with no hassles. I used the following resources: instructions on FreeBSD web site mfsroot.flp floppy (floppy image downloaded from Internet) kern.flp floppy (floppy image downloaded from Internet) 3Com 3C905B-TX PCI NIC ADSL connection The install occurred via FTP and went beautifully. Up to this point, I've had to rebuild the kernel twice: once to enable ipfw and the second time to activate X windows support. X windows works fine with the video hardware (Sis) on the Pavilion 6350. Printing to an HP DeskJet 500C through the parallel port works beautifully with apsfilter software. I am in the process of connecting multiple terminals to the machine through a Cyclades-8Yo+ ISA card. Apache, Sendmail (will likely switch to Postfix or Qmail), Netscape Navigator 3.04, Lynx, Mutt, Ghostview and Adobe Acrobat all run well. I did encounter a problem compiling PostGreSQL, however, but I'm sure that the issue can be resolved. I am very happy with this FreeBSD machine. Gao Tu wrote: > > Hi All > > I plan to install freebsd on a hp Pavilion 8562 PCs, > my friend told me I might have hardware support > issues. > > Is there anyone out there has experience install > freebsd on HP pavilion 8562 PC or similar models? > Any success or failture stories ? > > Thanks > > gao > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. > Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Peeter Pirn - peeter@rhubarb.fwi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message