Re: Can't install FreeBSD Current or 7.0 on AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile TL-58 1.9 Ghz in an Acer 5520-5679

On 12/21/07, eculp <eculp_at_encontacto.net> wrote:
> We have an almost new Acer 5520-5679 in the office that we intended to
> partition and  install 8.0-CURRENT-200712-amd64 but much to my
> surprise accessing the cdrom it went into an immediate, unreadable
> loop of hex numbers that can only be stoped by powering down.  I next
> tried 7.0BETA-4 standard (no amd64) and I can get to the Welcome menu
> but with all options end up with a BTX halted, almost immediately.
>
> The machine specs are:
> AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile TL-58 1.9 Ghz 2x512K Lw cache
> 2GB DDR2
> 160G HDD
>
> Short update.  I built a release locally with yesterdays sources
> 7.0-BETA4 with the same problem.
>
> Has anyone else seen this with Turion 64x2 or is it an Acer thing.  We
> should learn that cheap is often expensive.
>
I have the same problem with my HP DV8135NR laptop when using the boot
CDs to install FreeBSD.  I was able to get it to install by repeatedly
pressing the space bar until the speakers beeped for a couple of
seconds (when you see  /boot/kernel/kernel you can release the space
bar), then it loads and executes the kernel and proceeds to
sysinstall.  After installing FreeBSD to the Hard Drive, the system
boots without any further problems.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=105514

Scot