FreeBSD (current) on Acer Travelmate

[mgruner78 at arcor.de]

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> > Hello, Mark!
> >
> > Mark Huizer wrote:
> > | I've only found some people asking about problems with installing
> > | FreeBSD on an Acer Travelmate 29x (290, 291,...)
> > |
> > | The problem I have is also described in gnats database:
> > | http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/64158
> > |
> > | is there anyone who has had more success? Or found a workaround somehow?
> > |
> > | Or, if that fails, is there anyone who can give me advice on how I could
> > | help debug this issue?!
> >
> > ~From your dmesg:
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> > found-> vendor=0x8086, dev=0x3582, revid=0x02
> > ~        bus=0, slot=2, func=0
> > ~        class=03-00-00, hdrtype=0x00, mfdev=1
> > ~        cmdreg=0x0007, statreg=0x0090, cachelnsz=0 (dwords)
> > ~        lattimer=0x00 (0 ns), mingnt=0x00 (0 ns), maxlat=0x00 (0 ns)
> > ~        intpin=a irq=11
> > ~        powerspec 1  supports D0 D1 D3  current D0
> > ~        map[10]: type 3, range 32, base 00000000, size 27, memory disabled
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> 
> Well, it wasn't my PR, just resembled mine so much, that I wanted to
> save myself the 'trouble' of writing it down. I'll verify if I see the
> same things though, on a reboot.
> 
> But the other reply seems very promising, and I suppose it is good to
> see this in the mailinglist archives
> 
>Yep, it worked. Thanks all!

How did you got that baby flying? I own a 290LCI and have the same probs trying to install it.

thanks michael

P.S. please cc me, cause I'm not on the list


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