Will FreeBSD *EVER* support Hp Pavillion laptops?

[Marcin Jessa]

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:43:18 -0500
wrangled <wrangled at verizon.net> wrote:

> Every year I try the latest version of FreeBSD to see if it works on
> my HP Pavillion 5445, and each year it hangs as soon as the intaller
> gets to acpi.ko.

Did you try unloading ACPI when you boot the install cd ?
> Yes, I've tried everything.  No, it still doesn't work.

How much of everything did you try ?

> It's my only machine that cannot run FreeBSD.
> It just seems odd since the machine is fairly mainstream.
> 
> I am mostly just curious at this point.