From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 27 02:29:14 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 C3AAA16A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:29:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pgh.nepinc.com (pgh.nepinc.com [66.207.129.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DD8743D1F for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:29:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from durham@jcdurham.com) Received: from dhcp13.home.jcdurham.com (18.gibs5.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.184.19]) (authenticated bits=0) by pgh.nepinc.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i5R2SeBK068320; Sat, 26 Jun 2004 22:28:40 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from durham@jcdurham.com) From: Jim Durham To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 22:28:34 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20040626143912.24ea4d67.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> In-Reply-To: <20040626143912.24ea4d67.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406262228.34997.durham@jcdurham.com> cc: Robert Storey Subject: Re: Centrino - Made for Microsoft Windows XP? 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: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:29:14 -0000 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