From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 1 18:38:45 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9759616A50C for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 18:38:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail23.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail23.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B4EC43D49 for ; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 18:38:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 15979 invoked from network); 1 Apr 2005 18:38:45 -0000 Received: from server.baldwin.cx ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 1 Apr 2005 18:38:44 -0000 Received: from [10.50.41.231] (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j31IcX0k034575; Fri, 1 Apr 2005 13:38:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org, Matt Hewitt Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 11:24:22 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200504011124.22953.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-102.8 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, USER_IN_WHITELIST autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on server.baldwin.cx Subject: Re: Compaq R3000Z X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:38:45 -0000 On Friday 01 April 2005 01:38 am, Matt Hewitt wrote: > This is a cry for help. > > I own a compaq r3000z laptop...AMD Athlon XP-M....the laptop just > powers off when trying to boot the install cd > > from my understanding there have been recent patches included in the > 5.4 Beta 1 release of FreeBSD for x86_64...but these patches have > failed to make it into the x86 (32 bit) release, because the install > disk still fails to boot > > I just wanted to inform the devs that not all of these laptops come > with 64 bit cpus, and it would be nice if they would include the > patches so 32 bit users like me could sucessly install FreeBSD > > Any other tips would be welcome, I'm pulling my hair out trying > different Linux distros....but i just want my FreeBSD All the patches are in both i386 and amd64. You will need to use hint.atkbd.0.flags=9 for now, though you will end up with no usable keyboard. Folks on the amd64@ list know all the various quirks needed to get this to install and the steps should be the same for both archs. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org