Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:11:12 -0600 From: Jay Moore <jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Laszlo Antal <lantal@tmail.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 Does Not Install on Toshiba Satellite Laptop Message-ID: <200411232111.12128.jaymo@cromagnon.cullmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1101164748.B0CE72F@g33.dngr.org> References: <1101164748.B0CE72F@g33.dngr.org>
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On Monday 22 November 2004 05:05 pm, Laszlo Antal wrote: > I am tryin to install FreeBSD 5.3 on my Toshiba Satellite Laptop. > Every time I boot up from the cd it stops loading at > pci0<ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0 > > I tryed everything in my bios.I even disable the wirwles card and the > mouse, unpluged evry extra and still stops. > I tryed boot with ACPI, ACPI disable, Safe Mode. > > Same problem. > > The same cd does boot correctly on my desktop. > > Does anyone could give me Idea what am I doing wrong? > Or if this laptop is not supported. This is not really an answer to your question, but I thought you might be interested in my experience with my Toshiba laptop (an old Tecra 8100, 500 MHz). I tried installing FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and the Debian Linux distro... all had what seemed to be pretty big problems that were going to require lots of my time to fix. I then tried the Fedora Core 2 Linux distro, and it worked so well I could hardly believe it. It worked so well, I decided to invest in a new battery, and larger hard drive. Now I've got a really functional, lightweight laptop I can use for all sorts of things... it was like finding $$$ on the street :) On a possibly more relevant note, Toshiba does run a website & mail list to support folks that are installing open source OS's on their laptops. Try googling "Toshiba laptop Linux FreedBSD". HTH, Jay
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