freebsd stable - Dec 2004 - Installation attempt results in shutdown

Hello!

I am trying to install FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq nx9105), but as
soon as I choose an alternative on the first menu that appears my
computer shuts down. It happened both with 5.1 and 5.2.1, and it
happens no matter which alternative I choose. I really have no clue
what to do. I have tried asking around, but most people told me to
send a mail to this adress, so I would be really happy if you have an
answer for me :)

Thanks in advance

/David

Btw, the most recent *stable* release is 5.3. You'd better use this one.
What do you mean "an alternative on the first menu"?
Please choose the stage you experience shutdown in from the following link:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-start.html
> Hello!
> 
> I am trying to install FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq nx9105), but as
> soon as I choose an alternative on the first menu that appears my
> computer shuts down. It happened both with 5.1 and 5.2.1, and it
> happens no matter which alternative I choose. I really have no clue
> what to do. I have tried asking around, but most people told me to
> send a mail to this adress, so I would be really happy if you have an
> answer for me :)
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> /David
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Seems to be a widely suffered ACPI issue...
Have you tried different choices from the boot menu?
1) booting with ACPI disabled
2) safe mode
3) with verbose kernel logging
Could you tell us if
1) a choice from above would help you to boot
2) the last messages with verbose logging enabled (well, if you'd manage to
see them)


-----Original Message-----
From: David Jonsson <david.jonsson@gmail.com>
To: dima <_pppp@mail.ru>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:57:29 +0100
Subject: Re: Installation attempt results in shutdown
> 
> 2.3.1.1, stage 6. I get some alternatives to choose, and there is a
> ASCII-FreeBSD deamon at the right hand of the screen. It prints some
> lines, and then dies. I have tried using 5.3 getting the same result,
> at the same place. I tried using the same CD on my stationary
> computer, and it worked like a charm (not counting that the
> installation died midways, and screwed my windows partition :)).
> 
> /David
> 
> On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:49:40 +0300, dima <_pppp@mail.ru> wrote:
> > Btw, the most recent *stable* release is 5.3. You'd better use
this one.
> > What do you mean "an alternative on the first menu"?
> > Please choose the stage you experience shutdown in from the following
link:
> >
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-start.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I am trying to install FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq nx9105),
but as
> > > soon as I choose an alternative on the first menu that appears my
> > > computer shuts down. It happened both with 5.1 and 5.2.1, and it
> > > happens no matter which alternative I choose. I really have no
clue
> > > what to do. I have tried asking around, but most people told me
to
> > > send a mail to this adress, so I would be really happy if you
have an
> > > answer for me :)
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > /David
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list
> > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable
> > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to
"freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
> > >
> >
>