Re: Will FreeBSD *EVER* support Hp Pavillion laptops?
Chris <[email protected]>
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Astrodog wrote: > On 12/3/05, Marcin Jessa <[email protected]> wrote: > >>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:43:18 -0500 >>wrangled <[email protected]> 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. In a word - proprietary Anyone that knows HP/Compaq knows that they "tweak" ordinary hardware by adding something to the firmware and that makes it proprietary. Do yourself a favor - If you want to run FBSD on a lappy, DON'T use an HP. -- Best regards, Chris First rule of intelligent tinkering: Save all the parts _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"