Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:01:09 -0500 From: Randy Pratt <rpratt1950@earthlink.net> To: bsdnooby <bsdnooby@optonline.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Last try: HP Pavillion zv5445us shuts down during install of 5.3 Message-ID: <20050212130109.1053acfe.rpratt1950@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <420E232F.1020405@optonline.net> References: <420E232F.1020405@optonline.net>
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:39:27 -0500 bsdnooby <bsdnooby@optonline.net> wrote: > HP Pavillion zv5445us shuts down during install of 5.3 > > Right after the screen when you can choose to disable ACPI or to boot in > SafeMode (both of which I tried), after making a selection - it > shutsdown. I'm trying to install 5.3 from both floppies and CD1. I'm > dualbooting Win XP Pro using PartitionMagic8/BootMagic8 - but I do not > think that is related. My other Toshiba laptop is using a similar > configuration, and works fine. > > I saw in Google where at least 1 other person had this problem, but > there was no resolution. This is a new laptop, P4-3Ghz, 512MB, 100GB > drive, LAN & Wifi, etc. > > Anyone have success with the newer HP pavillions? Try asking on freebsd-questions or freebsd-mobile mailing lists. I'm not at all familiar with laptops so I can't begin to guess what might be the issue. I had an old 200Mhz box that I couldn't get the CD-ROM to boot Sysinstall but booting with floppies and using the CD-ROM as the installation media too care of that one. Good Luck! Randy --
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