From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 5 11:54:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from www.moted.org (reynard.midwest.net [208.235.2.233]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1D9A14E12 for ; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 11:54:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parrothd@midwest.net) Received: from zippy2 ([207.250.168.57]) by www.moted.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA85350; Sun, 5 Sep 1999 13:42:44 GMT (envelope-from parrothd@midwest.net) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990905135130.00832ac0@midwest.net> X-Sender: parrothd@midwest.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 05 Sep 1999 13:51:30 -0500 To: , From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Windows 98 In-Reply-To: <000601bef7be$e39fcc20$aada46ab@jwynacht.cisco.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Make sure you use look at Freebsd w/ PAO, it provides pcmia support, and advanced power management for laptops. You can get more info at www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO. Depending on the laptop model you'll have to enter the bios/setup utility and tell the machine to boot of the floppy/cdrom/HD order... Later At 09:51 AM 9/5/99 -0700, Jon Wynacht wrote: >I want to install FreeBSD on my Win98 laptop. I have plenty of speed and >memory but I was wondering if you all had tips or insights on this? >Specifically: > >1. I was told I could boot the CD on startup but haven't been able to do >that. Any ideas? > >2. Do I have to use Partition Magic or some other utility to create a new >partition? > >That's about it for now; just surveying the landscape. > >Thanks in advance, > >Jon > Jonathan E. Lyons parrothd@midwest.net Nucleus Consulting ICQ # 14226912 www.nucleusconsulting.com Cell # 773-251-1967 A+, MCSE, CCNA, FreeBSD! Pager # 7732511967@mobile.att.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message