Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:42:04 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: Caio Figueiredo Abecia <caioabecia@yahoo.com.br> Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for powerful machines that runs FreeBSD on it Message-ID: <46C259EC.8040208@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <007b01c7de7b$8b09fde0$530210ac@riodejaneiro> References: <006301c7de73$56570fa0$530210ac@riodejaneiro> <20070814095159.f9dc204f.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <007b01c7de7b$8b09fde0$530210ac@riodejaneiro>
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Caio Figueiredo Abecia wrote: > It seems to be a problem only on Dell E521/C521 Dimension models. > > > Here are some of the places that I found talking about the same errors > I'm having : > ttp://blog.caraldi.com/jbq/2006/11/30/dont-buy-the-dell-e521-and-c521-computers/ > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=113130 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/106960 > http://www.nabble.com/bin-40260-%22No-cd-dvd-devices-found!%22-t4025257.html > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/40260 > > Even in NetBSD I still have the same problem. > > Thanks for the quick response Bill. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Moran" > <wmoran@potentialtech.com> > To: "Caio Figueiredo Abecia" <caioabecia@yahoo.com.br> > Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 10:51 AM > Subject: Re: Looking for powerful machines that runs FreeBSD on it > > >> In response to "Caio Figueiredo Abecia" <caioabecia@yahoo.com.br>: >> >>> I'm looking for a new pc. >>> I had a problem installing BSD (Free/Open/Net!) with the Dell >>> Dimension C521n. (Free/Open BSD website tells me that it support the >>> E521 that have the same configuration) >>> It don't recognize my dell usb keyboard and my SATA DVD Rom drive >>> was not detected at all. >> >> I have an Dell Optiplex GX520 here at work that runs FreeBSD 6.2 just >> fine. >> >> -- >> Bill Moran >> http://www.potentialtech.com Sounds like a chipset issue. Have you tried using a CURRENT snapshot CD? -Garrett
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