Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 12:47:48 -0700 From: Thomas Repantis <"trep.againstspammers."@cs.ucr.edu> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Natively Supported Notebook Message-ID: <20040514194748.GC7469@angeldust.chaos> In-Reply-To: <3714a2e78ea117fba173c7a.20040514094725.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com> References: <3714a2e78ea117fba173c7a.20040514094725.wzyrjvf@www.dslextreme.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi Joshua, you might want to take a look at the FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility List: http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ I am happily using FreeBSD on my Thinkpad T40: http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~trep/tsrT40freebsd.html If you have specific questions about your installation attempts, I'll be happy to help if I can (better keep it off the list though). Cheers! Thomas On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 09:47:25AM -0700, Joshua Lewis wrote: > Does FreeBSD have any officially supported laptop? > > I have been researching FreeBSD for two years now and I do not know why (I > have never successfully installed and used the OS. Having tried well over > 40 times) but I want desperately to use it. Now I know there are going to > be a lot of *nix veterans reading this thinking “Two years! What are you > an idiot!”? Well I am not. Just busy with three kids a wife who would > rather I be with her then in front of the computer. I don’t have the $$ to > go buy new hardware every time I want to install a new OS and I know my > problems boil down to unsupported hardware. I have great computers but > they are not supported. That sucks so badly. > > First system – Current primary desktop > Asus A7N8X Deluxe (nForce 2) > XP 2500+ > Onboard LAN (unsupported) > MSI nVidia Gforce4TI 4400 > 1GB Corsair memory > 80GB Western Digital Special Edition(not that that is important) > > Second System – Currently sitting on the floor collecting dust > Abit A7n-MAX2 > ATI 9500 (I think it has been a while since I built that one. Did they > make a 9500?) > 512MB (Don’t remember the brand of memory) > 2 80GB Western Digital Special Edition(not that that is important) > > Third System – Running Windows 2000 as my web server > MSI K7n420 (nForce 1) > 512MB (Don’t remember the brand of memory) > onboard video (nForce) > onboard LAN (unsupported) > > > So I have been trying for the longest time to set up a Server and a > workstation. I am thinking of purchasing a notebook (I really like the > Alienware Area 51 notebook) and want to have a dual boot system to run my > business. My ultimate goal to not need to pay the outlandish MS licensing > fees. > > Am I on a quest to fail? > > Does anyone have a recommendation (other then a bullet) of a good system > that I can continue to develop on (I know a notebook is not the best dev > platform. But I spend so much time on the train with my commute the time > is just wasted)? > > So there is my scenario. I hope some one has a helpful suggestion. Heck I > am willing to BBQ up the best ribs you have ever had to anyone in southern > California willing to come over to help out (not likely I know) > > > Thank you, > Joshua > -- The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. -- Albert Camus [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFApSJkt+QwXYyWj/oRAgmQAJkBFRzRvbB3+/cvuwMNPGezmsD85ACgxMzx WBVfL00Ern0RremhqDlHfME= =cxf+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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