From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 4 18:52:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F01AF16A400 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 18:52:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@jellydonut.org) Received: from mail2.secureworks.net (mail2.secureworks.net [65.114.32.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA74313C455 for ; Fri, 4 May 2007 18:52:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@jellydonut.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail2.secureworks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 199AF17072; Fri, 4 May 2007 14:52:56 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at secureworks.net Received: from mail2.secureworks.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail2.secureworks.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id f4kFbsFYo0B0; Fri, 4 May 2007 14:52:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.23.35] (mole1.secureworks.net [63.239.86.3]) by mail2.secureworks.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9D2C17035; Fri, 4 May 2007 14:52:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <463B8107.9050506@jellydonut.org> Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 14:52:55 -0400 From: Michael Proto User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.8.0.10) Gecko/20070306 Thunderbird/1.5.0.10 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Kalliecharan References: <7b0c7ad70705040754h60dd1876w8c78caa6ffec64b8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7b0c7ad70705040754h60dd1876w8c78caa6ffec64b8@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (no subject) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 18:52:57 -0000 David Kalliecharan wrote: > Hello Everyone! > I seem to have run into a snag as I am trying to install FreeBSD Stable or > Current (preferrable stable) on a HP Pavilion dv6308ca AMD Turion X2, No > avail not even with current (installer lags?) due to the ACPI? Cannot > upgrade bios because it is at the highest version. > Anyway I was wondering about installing FreeBSD Stable on a > Compaq Presario AMD Sempron Processor 3500+ 1.8GHz Laptop (V6317CA) - > Future Shop Exclusive > > Will this go through the same problems as a dv6308ca pavilion? The reason I > ask for the compaq presario is that it has a sempron and will hopefully not > go through the same problem as a AMD turion X2. Any information will be > appreciated! I've got a AMD Sempron 3100+ in a desktop at home with a MSI mainboard and FreeBSD 6.2 installed fine on it with no problems. Haven't done much with it since the install (yet), but the install went smooth as silk. -Proto