From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 25 21:28:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (dhcp.looksmart.com.au [202.53.47.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEA7437B424 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:28:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id f3Q4S7L53749; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:28:11 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Message-Id: <200104260428.f3Q4S7L53749@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Mark Sergeant" To: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk, RS , Wayne Pascoe Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptops X-Mailer: Pronto v2.2.5 On freebsd/mysql Date: 25 Apr 2001 23:28:04 EST Reply-To: "Mark Sergeant" In-Reply-To: References: <20010425144410.17179.qmail@web6204.mail.yahoo.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have a sharp pc ax20 laptop (PIII 600, 196mb ram, 12 Gig HD, 10.2" screen, 1.5 kilos) on board ethernet (rtl 8139), onboard modem (winmodem may work never tried). video card all work perfectley well. It's my main workstation the only hacking around I had to do was download and install the ich.c device driver for my sound card (intel 440 sound). Cheers, Mark On 25 Apr 2001 15:51:30 +0100, Wayne Pascoe said: :: RS writes: :: :: > Im in the market to get a Laptop to run FreeBSD. I was :: > thinking of picking up a Sony laptop. I wanted to :: > know does anyone have experience with freebsd and :: > laptop's? Or is there a link out there that shows :: > freebsd supported laptops? :: :: I'm in the process of getting the Z600-HEK. I'm hoping that the :: ethernet module built into the laptop is compatible. If not I'll just :: go pcmcia. I think that the rest of the beast should work. :: -- Mark Sergeant Unix Systems Administrator Fortune follows... The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue, a custom whereof the memory of man runneth not howsomever to the contrary, nohow. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message