Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:42:20 -0800 From: "Robert L Sowders" <rsowders@usgs.gov> To: Barry Irwin <bvi@devco.net> Cc: Gan Starling <MisteraSturno@worldnet.att.net>, owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can you recommend... Message-ID: <OFF52707AF.175856D6-ON88256A08.0013D06C@wr.usgs.gov>
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Winmodems are not supported, better to get a system without builtin modems are network cards. Have a look at http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~dkulp/fbsd/laptop.html Also have a look at http://www.linux-notebook.org/laptops/ Because if you can get linux to work on it FreeBSD should not be too hard. Barry Irwin <bvi@devco.net> Sent by: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG 03/04/2001 10:10 PM To: Gan Starling <MisteraSturno@worldnet.att.net> cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can you recommend... On Sun 2001-03-04 (16:38), Gan Starling wrote: > Can you recommend a short list, by MAKE & MODEL of off-the-shelf > low-to-mid priced LAPTOP computers from any internet or > bricks-and-mortar source? Vendors like Gateway have contracts with > Microsoft and won't admit of anything Unix-ish. > > I wish to first buy a supported laptop and then install FreeBSD on it. > > I have the list of supported devices, but I don't trust the sales staff > of any store...for good and sufficient reason based upon sad past > experience. I have just got an HP Omnibook xe3 2116, which I'm quite happy with, the nic is supported in the later 4.2-Stable sources, and there is a patch available for the soundcard. X works fine, although took a little tweeking. Only thing I have not got going is the Onboard winmodem. This is apparently the same hardware as the 2306 currently advertised on the HP site. Barry -- ANSI Std Disclaimer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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