Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 20:38:36 -0500 From: wrangled <wrangled@verizon.net> To: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> Cc: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will FreeBSD *EVER* support Hp Pavillion laptops? Message-ID: <4392489C.30405@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <2fd864e0512031642u5c09128cr32af37f4b3cf9a07@mail.gmail.com> References: <43913E86.3080409@verizon.net> <20051203225031.4f776e5d.lists@yazzy.org> <2fd864e0512031642u5c09128cr32af37f4b3cf9a07@mail.gmail.com>
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Astrodog wrote: >On 12/3/05, Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> wrote: > > >>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:43:18 -0500 >>wrangled <wrangled@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Every year I try the latest version of FreeBSD to see if it works on >>>my HP Pavillion 5445, and each year it hangs as soon as the intaller >>>gets to acpi.ko. >>> >>> >>Did you try unloading ACPI when you boot the install cd ? >> >> >>>Yes, I've tried everything. No, it still doesn't work. >>> >>> >>How much of everything did you try ? >> >> >> >>>It's my only machine that cannot run FreeBSD. >>>It just seems odd since the machine is fairly mainstream. >>> >>>I am mostly just curious at this point. >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> > >More laptop details, please? > > > > It is a zv5445us HP Pavillion. 512MB, P4, 100GB drive. The BIOS does not let you turn off hyperthreading, or turn off ACPI (I got what I paid for, I guess). I've tried every option from the install menus on FreeBSD 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x. For the custom boot (#6 on 6.0-Release) , I normally try: set hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 set hint.apic.0.disabled=1 set kern.smp.disabled-1 I'm not a FreeBSD expert, so maybe there are better options I should try. Google normally has the top two (acpi and apic). Any suggestions? thanks!
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