> I have a Hewlett-Packard L2000 ("Livestrong Edition") laptop I'd like
> to install NetBSD on. I've been able to successfully boot and install
> FreeBSD 6.0, OpenBSD 3.8, and Linux 2.6.* by turning ACPI support off
> at the bootloader, so I suspect doing the same for NetBSD 3.0 will
> allow me to boot (however I am not sure how to do this).

Perhaps the firmware has a way to turn off ACPI?