Can't get installation CD to work

[Andrei Kolu]

On Sunday 14 October 2007 13:22:36 mrosnok at eastlink.ca wrote:
> I hope this email gets to the right address.  I apologize if it does not.
>
> I know little or nothing about computers.  I recently purchased a copy of
> PC-BSD 1.4 Da Vinci Edition from Free BSD mall.  Every time I try to
> install it the installation freezes and I get the error message
>
>     can't exec getty '/user/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv0:  no such
> file or directory
>
> I'm trying to install it on an old Compaq Armada laptop.  Is it possible
> that this machine is just too old to run PC-BSD?
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
Have you tried this cd on other computers?