FreeBSD6.2-RC1/AMD64 on AMDTurion64 X2

Andrew Pantyukhin infofarmer at FreeBSD.org
Wed Dec 27 02:09:04 PST 2006


On 12/27/06, prakash c.s. <csp.dev.init at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I try to install FreeBSD 6.2-Rc1/AMD64 on compaq V3149AU Notebook
>
> but i had problem booting from the CD.
> It boots from the CD after the inital boot loader text it displays the
> something like content of registers continuously.
>
> In the doc it was given to disable IO ACPI for nVidia nForce3 Pro-150, but i
> am not sure about my card. so i try to diable the ACPI from BIOS but i dont
> have any option in my BIOS.
>
> Is there any possible way to install FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 on my machine.

Not sure about 6.2 (though I was successful at installing
it on my Turion X2), but you really should try the latest
current snapshot. Lots of fixes have gone into the tree
recently, current really does work good on my laptop.


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