HP Pavilion dv2000 laptop wont boot off install cd

[Kevin K]

> From: owner-freebsd-stable at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> stable at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Kevin K
> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:41 PM
> To: 'FreeBSD Stable'
> Subject: HP Pavilion dv2000 laptop wont boot off install cd
> 
> Laptop details :
> 
> HP Pavilion dv2000 (dv2422ca)
> 
> Specifications (taken from
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=au&docname=c01070158&dlc
> =en&l
> c=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_AUEN ) :
> 
> Product Name: 	dv2422ca
> Product Number: 	GM039UA#ABC / GM039UA#ABL
> Microprocessor: 	1.8 GHz AMD Turion T 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile
> Technology TL-56
> Microprocessor Cache: 	512KB+512KB L2 Cache
> Memory: 	2048 MB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
> 
> 
> I tried to boot from 7.0-release-AMD64, 7.0-release-i386 and
> 6.2-release-i386 install disks (about to try 6.3-release-amd64). I
> could not
> successfully boot up the computer using the install disks mentioned.
> Sometimes there would be a memory dump (scrolling infinitely),
> sometimes I
> would get the following message(s) :
> 
> 
> elf_32_lookup_symbol : corrupt symbol table
> 
> loading required module 'pci'
> ACPI autoload failed - no such file or directory
> \
> int=00000006	err=00000000	efl=00010002	eip=00000003
> eax=00449130	ebx=00000000	ecx=004f010f	edx=0003fa40
> esi=00000000	edi=00000000	ebp=00000000	esp=000928b0
> cs=0008	ds=0010	es=0010	fs=0010	gs=0010	ss=0010
> cs:eip= f0 53 ff 00 f0 c3 e2 00-f0 53 ff 00 f0 53 ff 00
> 	  f0 54 ff 00 f0 8a a8 00-f0 53 ff 00 f0 a5 fe 00
> ss:esp= 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 	  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> BTX halted
> 
> 
> There is no significant BIOS option in this laptop that I can think of
> to at
> least begin to trouble shoot this issue. Laptop works fine for other
> operating systems as far as I can tell.
> 
> Initial documentation suggests that this laptop should work, however,
> I'd
> like to get some more insight from freebsd-stable before continuing.
> 
> 
> If any additional information is required, please let me know.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Kevin K.
> 



It should be noted that I just tried 6.3-release-amd64 and it doesn't work
as well. 

It should also be important to note that sometimes it 'dumps' before getting
to the boot options screen in the freebsd startup. 

If I do get to that screen, I have tried "disable ACPI", to no effect.


~k