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Old May 1st, 2009, 09:39
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Default Installing Free BSD on HP DV-5 series Laptop

Hi All,

Did anybody sucessfully installed FreeBSD in HP DV5-1120 or any DV5-series?


DV-5 1120TX Quickspecs:

http://www.bhukania.in/sitebcx/_file...X%20QSPECS.doc
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Old May 1st, 2009, 12:25
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Hi,

You can try a livefs cd of FreeBSd before trying to install.

FreeBSD 7.2:
Code:
http://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/i386/7.2-RELENG_7_2-20090501-JPSNAP/cdrom/7.2-RELENG_7_2-20090501-JPSNAP-i386-livefs.iso
FreeBSD 8-Current:
Code:
http://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/i386/8.0-HEAD-20090501-JPSNAP/cdrom/8.0-HEAD-20090501-JPSNAP-i386-livefs.iso
I see in the spec of your computer some hardware who does not working:
The wifi card (i know daniel working on it)
The camera
Tv tuner

Anyway, i have dv-7 serie and freebsd works very well !

Nicolas.
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I see in the spec of your computer some hardware who does not working:
The wifi card (i know daniel working on it)
The camera
Tv tuner

Anyway, i have dv-7 serie and freebsd works very well !

Nicolas.
The Laptop is with Blue-ray ROM I am unable to install the OS.

Ashwin

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Old May 3rd, 2009, 18:19
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What will happen when you load freebsd ? (error messages, don't boot, etc...)
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It's strucks at the first screen (FreeBSD boot option screen) after selected 1 it's checking for the Optical Drive and standing there..
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Related to first issue on http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/errata.html ?
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Hi,

Strange because the kernel is loaded into memory at this time, no cdrom needed for detecting hardware, i think !!

No hardware is detected?

Nicolas.
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