[Tfug] install woes on HP Pavilion zv5000z

[Iketo]

I have burnt CD's of most current releases.  I also have a cable connection
in case I don't have the one you want.  Would you like to set a date?  Which
distro would you like?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Short" <neshort at yahoo.com>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 7:06 PM
Subject: RE: [Tfug] install woes on HP Pavilion zv5000z


> 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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