nForce3

[George Mitchell]

> You guys were able to install FreeBSD on an nForce3?
> I have a sister computer to the Compaq R3120US,
> namely, an HP zv5000. I can't even get the
> installation cd to boot.
>
> That problem is number one to fix on the AMD64 list:
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/2004-July/001750.html
>
> Jung-uk Kim offered a patch and commentary on that
> chipset at:
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-amd64/2004-July/001664.html
> That patch may not be the best approach; and my make
> release fails; so I can't build my own CDs with his
> patch; so I'm just waiting for the patch to go live in
> -current.
>
> Do you guys know something I don't?

Well, probably not.  Speaking for myself, I'm using the machine in i386
mode.  I haven't been able to get the amd64 install disk to boot, either.
-- George