Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 09:25:03 -0400 From: =?windows-1252?Q?Ben_Fallon?= <bfallon@itbuildersinc.com> To: =?windows-1252?Q?Miguel?= <luis.henrix@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Problems with FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <vmime.4a7ad9af.46b4.55340d994c68b7cf@Zarafa-FE.FreedomBox.net> In-Reply-To: <5b2efe7c0908060126i6ae88c73pbae3882f00c2cbd3@mail.gmail.com> References: <200908051647.30315.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net>
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What model of laptop is it=3F I just subscribed to the list yesterday and may have missed the beginning of this thread. You can also check here http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/ It provides details for a bunch of laptops and what the findings were for the models they tested. On Linux, a simple dmesg will help on seeing what devices were found by your os otherwise, like BSD, the lspci also works the same. Sorry I can't help more without a bit more information. -----Original Message----- From: luis.henrix@gmail.com [mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Miguel Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 4:26 AM To: Mel Flynn Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Mel Flynn<mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: > Your best bet is to poll the mobile list (CC'd) to see if anyone was=20 > able to get FreeBSD working on this laptop (or even to know whether=20 > this is a lost cause till somebody makes some patches for this=20 > laptop). Since 7.2 also does not work and with 8.0-RELEASE being in=20 > it's final stages, it's unlikely you can get some priority from the=20 > developers for it being a regression bug. The acpi and missing disk=20 > can be related (most likely are), but unless you get at least a live=20 > FS working (even the USB image for 8.0-BETA2) it will be hard to get=20 > an acpidump(8). So this really depends on "someone knowledgeable=20 > having this laptop" or BIOS tricks that get you to a stage where more info can be gathered and saved/snapshot. Ok, I understand chances to have it running in the short term are not high :-) Anyway, and since I am replying to the mobile list, I am available to provide more information about the laptop. I have Linux running on it and I believe there is something similar to the acpidump (not sure if its the same tool as in FreeBSD or if their outputs are compatible) that I could use to provide some more details. Regards, Miguel _______________________________________________ freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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