All your laptops are belong to Windows.

From: bsdnooby (bsdnooby_at_optonline.net)
Date: 02/15/05

  • Next message: Timothy Smith: "Re: Anthony" 
    Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 02:32:35 -0500
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG

    I'm defeated. The FreeBSD install gives no hints as to why it turns off
    my laptop.

    When I try to install FreeBSD, my brand new I'm blue.HP Pavilion laptop
    turns itself off. It does not matter if I use 4.x or 5.x, CD or
    floppies. There is no error log since it just shuts off after I choose
    to load a kernel. I have tried loading with ACPI off, and it does not
    help. I believe I tried all the kernel options available from the menu
    on 5.x.

    The computer is a HP Pavilion zv5445us, with 512MB RAM, P4-3Ghz, 100GB
    HD, 15.4" Hi-Def Screen, 54G 802.11b WLAN. I purchased it from Best Buy.

    Under Windows, it appears Hyper-Threading is turned on, and I have not
    found a way to turn it off inside the CMOS.

    The machine runs Windows XP Pro fine, but I am trying to switch to
    FreeBSD on all my boxen. I was really surprised to find this one
    abruptly shutdown when trying to do the install. It turns off before
    the install really starts, so I do not have much information to solve
    this problem. The HD is never touched.

    I'm blue. 

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