Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:08:15 +0200 From: Orestis Papakonstantinou <orspap@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Can't install FreeBSD on Amilo M3438G Message-ID: <697d7ae00511140208v34bcf292w67c3248b7038914@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello everyone, first of all I am new to this mailing list and I'd like to say hi to everyone. I recently purchased a new (Fujitsu-Siemens) Amilo M3438G laptop and I am facing some difficulties in installing FreeBSD on it. I know this is not a "recommended" laptop to use with FreeBSD because it is considered more of a "multimedia" laptop rather than a "professional" one and thus it is destined to work mainly with Microsoft. The main problem I face is with its built in VIA RAID controller (VT6421). I get a number of LBA read/write errors. The installation can't find the mount points and though it is working, it does so with many problems (I/O errors, core dumps etc). I'd like to get a reply from people having the same laptop (if any), just to know what they did in order for the FreeBSD to run. Should I send a mail to VIA for the driver support? Or am I doing a mistake during the installation (could use a kld module perhaps? or vinum and GEOM correctly configured do the trick?). Any replies would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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