Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 22:28:34 -0400 From: Jim Durham <durham@jcdurham.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Subject: Re: Centrino - Made for Microsoft Windows XP? Message-ID: <200406262228.34997.durham@jcdurham.com> In-Reply-To: <20040626143912.24ea4d67.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <20040626143912.24ea4d67.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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On Saturday 26 June 2004 02:39 am, Robert Storey wrote: > I recently purchased a new laptop, an IBM X31 ThinkPad, which uses the > Centrino processor. I had high expectations for this machine. > > Alas, my expectations have been shattered. All attempts at installing > FreeBSD 5.2.1 quickly end with a crash. Interestingly, I have an old FBSD > 4.8 CD - that installs fine. Lest anybody think my 5.2.1 CDR is bad, I went > and downloaded it a second time, plus I also tried a network install. > Failure every time. > > Nor is the problem limited to FreeBSD. MEPIS Linux crashes during the > install as well. Knoppix Linux installed but dmesg was putting out lots of > error messages (for example, it could not mount a journaled ext3 partition, > so it mounted as ext2). In the end, I got Knoppix to install and run > reliably only by using the older 2.4.26 kernel and by disabling APIC. > > After doing some Googling and seeing that others were having issues, my > suspicion is that Centrino's power management features are to blame. But I > could be wrong. > > So I guess my question is this: Has anybody here gotten FreeBSD 5.2.1 to > install on a Centrino laptop? If so, did you need to do anything special to > make it work? Any tips, tricks or hints I should try? Or should I just wait > for FreeBSD 5.3 to come out and hope it works? Or should I file a PR? > > If others are not having problems with the Centrino chip, I might to back > to IBM and demand that they replace the motherboard, but I tend to think > they'll just tell me to reinstall Windows XP and all will be well. There is > indeed a sticker on the laptop saying "Made for Microsoft Windows XP" > (well, there was, I ripped the sticker off, but I still can't install > FreeBSD). 5.2.1 Here on a Dell Inspiron 600M with Centrino. All OK ACPI-wise. Won't talk to my SCSI Adaptec 1460 card and won't talk to the internal wireless adapter. No special setup on 5.2.1. I had a Dell Inspiron 4000 before and lots of ACPI troubles. I had to select the #2 choice on the boot menu to even boot it. -- -Jim
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