Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:54:05 +0200 From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> To: "Shawn McDonald" <mcdonaldville@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Presario v2000 Message-ID: <20050930155405.20b2f6f2.lists@yazzy.org> In-Reply-To: <433c65c7.412fc757.015c.ffff919d@mx.gmail.com> References: <433c65c7.412fc757.015c.ffff919d@mx.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:53:56 -0400 "Shawn McDonald" <mcdonaldville@gmail.com> wrote: > HELP!! I miss my BSD!! > > Has anyone successfully installed FreeBSD on a Compaq Presario v2000 > series laptop?? > > I've recently purchased a Presario V2305 laptop. The price was right > and overall I am quite happy with the unit but I cannot get FreeBSD > installed. I've tried 5.2, Freesbie and beta 4 of 6.0 but all hang > very early in the installation process. Any idea what happens when the installation process "hangs" ? >Most of the Linux distos and > live CDs work (I have installed and am running Ubuntu without any > problems) but to be quite frank, I miss my BSD. NetBSD is also a BSD. Did you try to boot it? >If someone has had > ANY success with the v2000 series, I would appreciate a kick in the > right direction. Do you think there is a particular "weird" hardware on the laptop that could become a show stopper ?
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