i386/68469: All recent versions of FreeBSD fail to boot on newer Compaq/HP laptops

Jeff Connelly shellreef+freebsd at gmail.com
Tue Jun 29 00:40:13 PDT 2004


>Number:         68469
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       All recent versions of FreeBSD fail to boot on newer Compaq/HP laptops
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jun 29 07:40:12 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jeff Connelly
>Release:        N/A
>Organization:
>Environment:
N/A
>Description:
FreeBSD 5, 4, and 3, and some versions of 2, load the kernel but power off before booting. Affects newer HP/Compaq laptops. Full report at

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=amd64/67745

I'm reposting this bug under i386 because it is not an AMD64 problem. Affects Pentium 4 laptops as well as AMD64's under i386 mode. Compaq Presario R3000Z series, including the X1000, R3030, R3140US, and HP Pavilion zv5000z. A person more knowledgeable than I posted some technical details about this problem at http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/2004-June/001636.html .

My apologies if this sort of reposting violates gnats-etiquette. My intentions are good: this bug hasn't gotten the attention it deserves categorized as amd64, and many Compaq Presario users want to run FreeBSD.

Thank you,
-Jeff Connelly
>How-To-Repeat:
Boot from any recent FreeBSD or FreeSBIE CD on an affected laptop.
>Fix:
None known. (Workaround: NetBSD or Linux.)
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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