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Date:      Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:25:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Matt Meola <matt.meola@vericept.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 5.4 RC2 on a Compaq Laptop?
Message-ID:  <20050420192407.B89198@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <1113495921.966.21.camel@matt.den-esniff.com>
References:  <1113495921.966.21.camel@matt.den-esniff.com>

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On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Matt Meola wrote:

> Has anyone had any success getting 5.4RC2 installed on a Compaq Presario
> laptop?  According to my BIOS, I have a Presario R3200 (Athlon XP
> processor).  I get the splash screen, it begins the boot process
> and then it just shuts off the computer.

See the freebsd-amd64 list archives for an extensive discussion on the
R3000 series. (or was it -mobile? :-) )

You will probably need to run at least -STABLE. These machines are wierd
birds.

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@gumbysoft.com          |  www.FreeBSD.org



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