Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:37:05 -0500 From: "Donald J. O'Neill" <duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: Sergio =?iso-8859-1?q?Andr=E9s_Ligregni_Arredondo?= <chekkko@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: I wanna use FreeBSD in my laptop and it stucks booting (i can't even install it) Message-ID: <200707270937.05641.duncan.fbsd@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY124-W2887D7F0578977AEFCBF83A5F30@phx.gbl> References: <BAY124-W2887D7F0578977AEFCBF83A5F30@phx.gbl>
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On Thursday 26 July 2007 07:26:33 pm Sergio Andr=E9s Ligregni Arredondo wro= te: > Hi!, listen, I have a COMPAQ Presario V2615LA (laptop) with AMD Sempron > 1.83Ghz 256 MB RAM 40 GB HDI have also the FreeBSD i386 6.2 CD (I also > tried with 6.1 and it's the same, or 6.2 alpha and it doesn't works) When= I > put the CD into my drive, and I boot from it, it appears the FreeBSD > booting MENU, and I choose 1 (default)(I also tried with single user, ACPI > disabled, safe mode) and it starts loading the devices, but, almost in the > end of that (I said almost because I have a desktop and there it works OK, > and when the following message appears, is almost the finish) the loading > process stucks in a line that says: > > Timecounter ticks every 1.000 msec > > And the HD led keeps turned on, but the CD drive led turns off (I mean it= 's > not reading anything from CD).OK, be patiently you could say, but, I have > waited 2 hours or more and int doesn't seem to progress. THE FOLLOWING IS > JUST FOR GIVE YOU MORE IDEA THAT MY PROBLEM IS: > I had installed Ubuntu linux (I am pretty sure FreeBSD is more powerful > than linux, that's why I didn't keep Ubuntu), I said that because Ubuntu = is > for i386 arquitecture and it is not too compatible as FreeBSD, I think, if > it runs linux, it sure runs FreeBSD (and my laptop's arquitecture is not > extraordinary, I think is pretty common)! > > I have asked on freebsd-question (they sent me here) and they confirm that > my arquitecture is i386, so I have the right CD, and which I said, I > installed FreeBSD in my desktop but in an external (USB) Hard Drive, when= I > boot from this, it stucks at the same line, so my CD drive is ok, I really > want to install it in my laptop because I almost always out home > (university). I really don't know where is the real problem, but I was > wondering if changing some variables with 6 (go to prompt) and disabling > some drives or something > > THANK YOUSergio Ligregni3rd semester student Computer Systems > EngineeringTecnological Institute of Quer=E9taro, M=E9xico Hi Sergio, You may want to look at what BIOS you have installed. I think HP and Compaq= =20 have been using a BIOS that doesn't work with FreeBSD. It will work with=20 Opensuse and, of course, Window$. My HP DV9010us came with the 1st BIOS upgrade. It would load and install=20 =46reeBSD, but the processor wasn't recognized as a dual-core and what was= =20 recognized ran at about half speed. The next BIOS upgrade (and all later=20 ones) would not install FreeBSD. I finally got fedup, installed the origina= l=20 BIOS (the one before the one that came with my HP) and everything appears t= o=20 be working as it should. Don
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