Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:34:21 -0600 From: eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> To: infofarmer@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Subject: Re: Can't install FreeBSD Current or 7.0 on AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile TL-58 1.9 Ghz in an Acer 5520-5679 Message-ID: <20071222073421.13827iut7swzppss@intranet.encontacto.net> In-Reply-To: <20071222092535.GG96716@amilo.cenkes.org> References: <20071221174245.482324qxgn5ynudc@intranet.encontacto.net> <200712211925.31112.lists@jnielsen.net> <20071221195221.18565pkwdcogtr0g@intranet.encontacto.net> <20071222092535.GG96716@amilo.cenkes.org>
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Quoting Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@FreeBSD.org>: > On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 07:52:21PM -0600, eculp wrote: >>> On Friday 21 December 2007, eculp wrote: >>>> We have an almost new Acer 5520-5679 in the office that we >>>> intended to partition and install 8.0-CURRENT-200712-amd64 >>>> but much to my surprise accessing the cdrom it went into an >>>> immediate, unreadable loop of hex numbers that can only be >>>> stoped by powering down. >> >> I'm still in hopes that someone has a trick up their sleeve. >> There seem to be a lot of laptops that use the Turion 64x2 >> mobile. > > Many of us are very happy owners of Turion 64x2 laptops. > > It's a long shot, but if you can setup a dhcp/tftp server, I'd > advise booting over network to see if the cdrom has anything to > do with it. The setup is very easy and only takes a few minutes. > There are lots of howtos available. > I haven't done that in years. It is worth trying when I have a little =20 bit of extra time. Thanks for the suggestion. Thanks, ed "If anything characterizes the 21st century, it's our inability to restrain ourselves for the benefit of other people," James Katz/Rutgers University
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