Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 09:07:37 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Tremblett <sjt@cisco.com> To: mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org (Michael Lucas) Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: laptop article out Message-ID: <200011081407.JAA04301@sjt-u10.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20001106161606.A42173@blackhelicopters.org> from "Michael Lucas" at Nov 06, 2000 04:16:06 PM
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+--- Michael Lucas wrote: | | Hello, | | My pccard article has been published at: | | http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/11/02/Big_Scary_Daemons.html | | I want to thank everyone on -mobile who reviewed this for me. | I'm a BSD rookie, I didn't feel experienced enough to review your article, but after reading it I have one minor point: laptop hardware isn't a constant - verify the hardware in the actual machine that you are going to carry out of the store. I worked support for a *NIX-like OS, and like FreeBSD, device support wasn't the greatest. A major problem was that 2 machines with the same make and model could have different components inside. Nowadays things are a little better with spec sheets that say "Neomagic model ABC-123" as opposed to "Video card", but you should still be wary. Good work Michael - your articles have been a big help to me. PS - Compaq laptops & PCs used to store BIOS info ON THE HARD DISK - if you repartition your drive for a new OS, goodbye! Avoid at all costs :) -- Steve Tremblett Cisco Systems To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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