Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:36:38 -0800 From: "Mark Bowles" <mark.bowles@bondmart.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD Problems with HP Pavillion Model 9695C Message-ID: <20000316173434.LFDU9448.smtp1a@[205.216.175.51]>
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Greetings, all.
I just purchased, and am reluctantly about to return, an HP Pavillion, model
9695C. The system is a serious PC, with an AMD Athlon chip at 800Mhz, 128MB
RAM, 40GB, and a variety of PCI cards including an ISDN modem. It was just
what I wanted for my company's first file server.
Unfortunately, it doesn't run FreeBSD reliably. I experienced a number of
exasperating problems:
o Keyboard dead during boot sequence
o Can't map ports on PCI-based 10/100 ethernet card
o Disk losses -- random file system errors
Interestingly, the machine's little brother (my future web server), an HP
Pavillion model 8660C, with "true Intel" inside, works fine, as near as I
can make out.
I tried a couple standard remedies on the 9695 before giving up:
o Reinstalling from scratch
o Removing all the unessential PCI cards
CAVEAT EMPTOR w.r.t. this report: I have fiddled with this machine for only
a day or so, and am giving up rather than waste my time. I could have
easily done something stupid -- but I doubt it :-). I bought the machines
to begin with because I think Bill and Dave's company makes nice products,
and I continue to think so. Could be cockpit error.
I am not a subscriber of this list; e-mail me if you want any more
information.
Ciao,
-- Mark
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