Greetings, I recently purchased an HP Pavillion laptop (dv8000) that has an AMD-64 CPU, with the intent on running FreeBSD 6.0 (i386) as a dual boot option. I have installed BSD numerous times on various desktops, but this is my first attempt on a laptop.
When I boot off the CD, before the boot menu comes up, an error message comes up: elf32_lookup_symbol: corrupt symbol table. Then the normal boot menu comes up, at which point selecting option 1 (normal) or option 2 (without ACPI) causes the BTX loader to halt after displaying some hex errors. I even tried hitting option 6, unsettng acpi_load, then booting, but the same error comes up. I tried 6.0 AMD-64 and didn't get as far. Before the boot menu could come up, it continually spews what appears to be the same/similar hex errors and didn't even respond to Cntrl-Alt-Delete. Trying 5.4, I don't get the elf32 error before the boot menu, but if I select option 1 it has trouble loading ACPI and then shuts down. Selecting option 2 (with the 5.4 cd) does not bring up an error, the system just shuts down. Out of curiousity, I tried a Knoppix 4.0 CD and was able to fully boot and get a functioning system up (albeit running off the CD). My bios has painfully few options, such as boot order and disabling the onboard wireless nic, nothing else. Is there something else I should try, or do I have to wait for the time being? TIA for any suggestions. -Derrick _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
