Will FreeBSD *EVER* support Hp Pavillion laptops?

Astrodog astrodog at gmail.com
Sat Dec 3 16:42:44 PST 2005


On 12/3/05, Marcin Jessa <lists at yazzy.org> wrote:
> 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.
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