[Tfug] install woes on HP Pavilion zv5000z

[Neil Short]

I have not; however, everyone else in cyberspace that
has encountered this problem solved it by installing
Linux. That may be my only option for the time being.
I don't have a fast connection where I am so getting
other images is really out of the question for the
time being.

--- Mike Morrell <mike at themorrells.org> wrote:
>   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.]
> >
> > =====
> > I doubt that today's Europeans care very much
> > about remembering what real fascism was - who
> > succumbed to it - and which nation saved humanity
> > from its rule.
> >
> > David Frum.
> >
> >
> > If history always begins this morning, the world
> > holds
> > exciting surprises around every corner (241).
> >
> > Ann Coulter. Treason.
> >
> >
> >
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=====
I doubt that today’s Europeans care very much
about remembering what real fascism was – who
succumbed to it – and which nation saved humanity
from its rule.

David Frum.


If history always begins this morning, the world holds
exciting surprises around every corner (241).

Ann Coulter. Treason.


		
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