FreeBSD on Presario v2000

[Marcin Jessa]

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 18:53:56 -0400
"Shawn McDonald" <mcdonaldville at gmail.com> wrote:

> HELP!! I miss my BSD!!
> 
> Has anyone successfully installed FreeBSD on a Compaq Presario v2000
> series laptop??
> 
> I've recently purchased a Presario V2305 laptop.  The price was right
> and overall I am quite happy with the unit but I cannot get FreeBSD
> installed. I've tried 5.2, Freesbie and beta 4 of 6.0 but all hang
> very early in the installation process.  

Any idea what happens when the installation process "hangs" ?

>Most of the Linux distos and
> live CDs work (I have installed and am running Ubuntu without any
> problems) but to be quite frank, I miss my BSD.  

NetBSD is also a BSD. Did you try to boot it?

>If someone has had
> ANY success with the v2000 series, I would appreciate a kick in the
> right direction.

Do you think there is a particular "weird" hardware on the laptop that
could become a show stopper ?