Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:19:27 -0500 From: eculp@cloudmaster.info To: Isaac MacFarlane <spideyfan1972@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Acer 4720Z and Atheros wireless card Message-ID: <20080628211927.19291rwcfx4c3gbo@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info> In-Reply-To: <e5d1b59b0806281142ka6d1129tb68c30aebf2bd5e4@mail.gmail.com> References: <e5d1b59b0806272317k2273cd34yd105c79ee9aa267d@mail.gmail.com> <4865E008.4070108@gmail.com> <20080628064756.13091leqmql1eu4g@cloudmail.cloudmaster.info> <e5d1b59b0806281142ka6d1129tb68c30aebf2bd5e4@mail.gmail.com>
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Quoting Isaac MacFarlane <spideyfan1972@gmail.com>: > Well, I do have a copy of PCBSD already downloaded. If I understand > correctly that is a branch of the main FreeBSD project. Is that correct? I= s > there any reason why I would go with that over the main FreeBSD project? > They both look very nice, but I'm not sure which way to go. They seem to > both support the same software and hardware. Is one more free than the > other? AFAIK, there is little difference but I've never used pcbsd although I =20 have though about trying it but haven't had time. I'm copying to the list so that someone with knowledge of PCBSD can =20 answer this correctly. ed > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:47 AM, <eculp@cloudmaster.info> wrote: > >> Quoting Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>: >> >> Isaac MacFarlane wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all. I am trying to find a *NIX system that will work with this >>>> system. Mandriva calls the card an AR5006 and Vista said it was an >>>> AR5007. >>>> Vista worked fine for about a month or so, but I have decided I want to >>>> go >>>> all free on my systems. Mandriva will work with the card but locks up >>>> after >>>> a few hours requiring a restart. Not really acceptable. And it is the >>>> best I >>>> found in the Linux world. Would any of the BSD systems work with this >>>> card? >>>> Any recommendations would be most appreciated. >>>> >>>> Isaac MacFarlane >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g >>>> " >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I believe this will work if you follow the instructions to build a custo= m >>> kernel, as in the eeepc: >>> >>> http://nighthack.org/wiki/EeeBSD >>> >>> However, this will not be the easiest task if you are not familiar with >>> FreeBSD in general. >>> >> >> As Manolis says, step one would be to install FreeBSD and see if you are >> confortable with it. Then once you have it all running you will want to = use >> the link that Manolis sent that I found very interesting but didn't work = for >> the atheros that I have in my Acer amd64x2 so I used a freebsd patch that >> works beautifully. When you get to that point, I or I'm sure other more >> qualified folks, will be glad to give you a hand. >> >> good luck, >> >> ed >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >
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