From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 8 09:54:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C04CB16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:54:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from king.southern.net.au (king.southern.net.au [202.182.64.145]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D50F243D1F for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:54:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andrew@birdman.cx) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by king.southern.net.au (Postfix) with SMTP id C542193ADE for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 20:54:32 +1100 (EST) Received: from Birdmannb (gw-birdman.labyrinth.net.au [202.182.70.207]) by king.southern.net.au (Postfix) with SMTP id 802067DDCB for ; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 20:54:31 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <008601c4c578$f7b247a0$0c80fea9@VISITS.local> From: "Andrew Bird" To: Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 20:54:37 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: FreeBSD won't install or boot on HP NX9110 notebook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:54:28 -0000 G'day... I recently purchased a HP NX9110 Notebook - and it runs beautifully -=20 anything except BSD... Windows & Gentoo both run fine. Anyway, when I try and boot from one of the BSD install Cd's, it gets to = the=20 bit after the Daemon menu, does the acpi.ko thing, and then shuts down.=20 Nothing more. When I try the other menu options, such as ACPI disabled, = safe=20 mode, etc, I get the exact same thing. Oh, and it doesn't matter what=20 version of BSD I try and install - I happen to have CD's lying around = for=20 everything from 5.3-RELEASE to 3.5.1-RELEASE - all of which I have tried = - and=20 I get the exact same result. I even installed the HDD from another = notebook=20 into it and tried booting from a 5.2.1-RELEASE install on that - same=20 problem. I should also mention that I've tried all of the above on a completely=20 different notebook of the same model with the same results, and so I am=20 confident it is the model of notebook - rather than this notebook in=20 particular - causing me troubles. If I even knew where to start troubleshooting, I would - but it doesn't = give=20 me much of an opportunity. I've gone through the bios, but as with most=20 notebooks these days, the bios is kinda boring. I've tried different = bios=20 versions as well, to no avail. Please please please help me get BSD up and running... :) Thanks! Andrew Bird