Any support for BSD, freeBSD?

I can't seem to find a "BSD" flavor that will run on my Acer Aspire 5050. Yes, it is a pile of junk, but it's upgraded to an AMD dual core 2.5Ghz and is not maddeningly slow. A PC-BSD DVD makes it to the desktop, when the last icon starts to come up it crashes and reboots....

I suspect the oddball, non Radeon compatible, "Radeon" video chipset is the weakest link in the machine and the reason it crashes. Mint, Puppy and PcLinuxOS run great on it, but I need to run BSD for a project I'm working on.

PC-BSD seems to be a good way to get freeBSD on a computer, SO close but no joy..

I have had a stroke so the CPU in my head is a little slow.... I thought I would ask if anyone has any suggestions or has had any luck with their Acer and BSD...

Mark B.
PCLinuxOS - KDE
NO dual boot, NO Windows, NO Blue Screens, NO Viruses.... NO Problems!!!!

 

Hi orgelkraft-

You would maybe want to try this FreeBSD Forums thread.

When in Mint, or PcLinuxOS, try and see what you have for an exact match for the card.

 

In PClinuxOS it is ... RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]

Module: ‎Card:ATI Radeon X1950 and earlier

Mark

 

orgelkraft-

Another link for you- ATI Radeon Driver Install from FreeBSD forum