Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:16:09 -0500 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Wojciech Puchar" <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD notebook Message-ID: <ef10de9a0605310916i59faee1ds3d8ea2b9d18998b6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060531142608.X91987@chylonia.3miasto.net> References: <20060531142608.X91987@chylonia.3miasto.net>
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On 5/31/06, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@tensor.3miasto.net> wrote: > i would like to buy notebook to use with FreeBSD. Not new one, something > like Pentium 200-PII/500 with 64-128MB RAM will be OK, and there are lots > of them available cheaply. > > Unfortunately most of them have windows-only hardware. > Does anyone here using such machine successfully with FreeBSD. > > successfully means: > > 1) PCMCIA works > 2) disk works with DMA. > 3) USB works > 4) Network works (if present) > 5) X works. > 6) ACPI should be number 1 on your list and Just assume everything before 2001 is broken. 7) Onboard 100Mbit Ethernet is a must. 8) Working dri/drm video acceleration. 9) CD-Rom, that you can upgrade using standard slim-line parts. 10) At least PC100 RAM, 144pin SO-DIMMs. The first thing you'll want to do with your new used PI/PII laptop is upgrade it, because it's just too slow... I know... been there done that. So to save time and money your minimum target should be a PIII laptop. A Pentium 100 is so slow that it can't even play mp3's at the command line... Think about it... -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/
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