Re: Last try: HP Pavillion zv5445us shuts down during install of 5.3

Hi Olivier,

I will try asking my question in freebsd-questions and freebsd-mobile.  
I  will also post a list of my hardware specs there.  There is no error 
message because the system turns itself off once I choose to install.

Thanks!




Olivier Gautherot wrote:

>Hi BSDnooby!
>
>Well, there is no obvious reason why this should happen. Dual boot is a 
>non-issue (I've multi-booted the system with WinXP, Linspire and Yellowtab 
>Zeta without problem) but, of course, my chipset is different.
>
>I would advocate to send the very same message to [email protected] with 
>the complete list of hardware (motherboard chipset, Ethernet chip, WIFI 
>chipset etc. anything you can find on your machine): the experts are there 
>and you obviously need them. Try to retrieve the exact error message: it can 
>help.
>
>Sorry I can't help you more...
>Cheers
> Olivier
>
>On Saturday 12 February 2005 16:39, bsdnooby wrote:
>  
>
>>HP Pavillion zv5445us shuts down during install of 5.3
>>
>>Right after the screen when you can choose to disable ACPI or to boot in
>>SafeMode (both of which I tried), after making a selection - it
>>shutsdown.  I'm trying to install 5.3 from both floppies and CD1.  I'm
>>dualbooting Win XP Pro using PartitionMagic8/BootMagic8 - but I do not
>>think that is related.  My other Toshiba laptop is using a similar
>>configuration, and works fine.
>>
>>I saw in Google where at least 1 other person had this problem, but
>>there was no resolution.  This is a new laptop, P4-3Ghz, 512MB, 100GB
>>drive, LAN & Wifi, etc.
>>
>>Anyone have success with the newer HP pavillions?
>>
>>thx
>>    
>>
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