Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-06 Thread Miguel
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Mel Flynnmel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: Your best bet is to poll the mobile list (CC'd) to see if anyone was able to get FreeBSD working on this laptop (or even to know whether this is a lost cause till somebody makes some patches for this

Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-06 Thread Miguel
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Ben Fallonbfal...@itbuildersinc.com wrote: Might want to take a look at this page as it may provide a bit more insight. The problem isn't with the Machine specifically but with the ATI Sata Controller/Chipset.  Not sure if this has been fixed yet.

RE: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-06 Thread Ben Fallon
-Original Message- From: Miguel [mailto:luis.hen...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 1:53 PM To: Ben Fallon Cc: freebsd-mob...@freebsd.org; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Ben Fallonbfal...@itbuildersinc.com wrote

Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-05 Thread Glen Barber
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Miguelluis.hen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I've been trying to install FreeBSD in my laptop, but without success.  I started with 7.2, but during installation i got the error:  No disk found!  Please verify that your disk controller... Looking at the logs,

Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-05 Thread Miguel
Hi Glen, On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Glen Barberglen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:01 PM, Miguelluis.hen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I've been trying to install FreeBSD in my laptop, but without success.  I started with 7.2, but during installation i got the error:  

Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-05 Thread Glen Barber
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Miguelluis.hen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Glen, Can you try booting with ACPI disabled?  It should be option 2 from the loader menu. Yes, I tried that already with same results. Can you try the installation media on another machine (to rule out a bad CD or bad

Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-05 Thread Miguel
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Glen Barberglen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Miguelluis.hen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Glen, Can you try booting with ACPI disabled?  It should be option 2 from the loader menu. Yes, I tried that already with same results. Can

Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-05 Thread Glen Barber
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Miguelluis.hen...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Glen Barberglen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Miguelluis.hen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Glen, Can you try booting with ACPI disabled?  It should be option 2 from the

Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-05 Thread Miguel
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Glen Barberglen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: I have not tried 8.0-BETA (as someone on the IRC channel suggested) but not sure if it will make any difference.  As far as I understand, the snapshot I tried is more recent than 8.0-BETA2.  Or am I wrong?  Is it

Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-05 Thread Glen Barber
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Miguelluis.hen...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I understand -- just realised that BETA2 is more recent than the snapshot I tried.  Most probably, I'll just wait until 8.0 is actually released.  My problem with trying BETA2 is that it will take long time to get it

Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-05 Thread Miguel
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Glen Barberglen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Miguelluis.hen...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I understand -- just realised that BETA2 is more recent than the snapshot I tried.  Most probably, I'll just wait until 8.0 is actually released.  

Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-05 Thread Miguel
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Glen Barberglen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Miguelluis.hen...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I understand -- just realised that BETA2 is more recent than the snapshot I tried.  Most probably, I'll just wait until 8.0 is actually released.  

Re: Problems with FreeBSD installation

2009-08-05 Thread Mel Flynn
On Wednesday 05 August 2009 13:01:30 Miguel wrote: Hi, I've been trying to install FreeBSD in my laptop, but without success. I started with 7.2, but during installation i got the error: No disk found! Please verify that your disk controller... Looking at the logs, everything seems

Re: problems with FreeBSD installation

2002-11-14 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, greg tibbetts wrote: I am attempting to test and see if the disc1 boot image works. I am not sure but it doesnt seem to work. I created a bootable and a non bootable CD rom with easy cd creator and it doesnt boot from the cd rom even though I do necessities to the