[Tfug] install woes on HP Pavilion zv5000z

[Mike Morrell]

  Have you tried other bootable CDs?  WinXP, Knoppix to make sure its not
some incombustibility with the drive?

-----Original Message-----
From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org]On Behalf Of
Neil Short
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 5:37 PM
To: Tucson Free Unix Group
Subject: RE: [Tfug] install woes on HP Pavilion zv5000z


It doesn't appear to be. It is built in - i.e., not
plugged into any usb ports.
Here is what it says in the winDOH!s XP device manager
for the CD:

Toshiba ODD-DVD SD-R6252
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\afs2k.sys
Device type: DVD/CD-ROM drives
Manufacturer: (Standard CD-ROM drives)
Location: Location 0 (0)

I don't know what else to check.

Everything I see (Googling around) indicates that this
is a problem with HP Pavilion ZV50xx's but noboby has
a clue why.
There is nothing in the BIOS about power management -
otherwise, I sure would disable it.
--- Will Stott <WStott at ventanamed.com> wrote:
> Is the cdrom usb based?
>
> Will
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Neil Short [mailto:neshort at yahoo.com]
> Sent:	Sun Jun 20 13:38:32 2004
> To:	tfug at tfug.org
> Subject:	[Tfug] install woes on HP Pavilion zv5000z
>
> Just got my new laptop: HP Pavilion zv5000z.
>
> First order of business, get the heck rid of windows
> XP.
>
> So, I put in my trusty FreeBSD 4.10 install CD, shut
> down the computer
> and then turn it back on.
> The boot seems to be going fine. I get the rotating
> baton, and the 10
> second countdown.
> Then,I get a horizontal line (dash) that sits there
> for a few seconds
> and the whole computer shuts down.
>
> Ok, so I'll try FreeBSD 5.2.1.
> Same thing. I get the 10 second countdown at the
> boot
> menu (no choice
> of which works, by the way) and then get:
> /boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x3f088 data=0x17 ... I
> can't type that
> fast.
> and a horizontal dash, and after a couple seconds,
> the
> computer shuts
> down.
>
> I have found a couple messages on the web that
> indicate that I might
> be able to get this thing to boot if I use floppies;
> but my computer
> doesn't have a floppy drive.
>
> So here I am with winDOH!s XP.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Here are the computer details:
> HP Pavilion zv5000z
> AMD Athlon XP-m 3000+ 1.60 GHz
> 512MB SDRAM (one card)
> 60 GB HD
> 4x dvd+/cd-rw drive
> 15.4" WXGA screen (1280x800)
> 64MB NVidia GeForce 4 440 Go
>
> That's about it.
>
> Much appreciation....
>
> [previous also posted on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc;
> but I guess I stumped everyone there too.]
>
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