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Date:      Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:08:44 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD suitable laptop
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20000814120649.04a3b240@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.1000814002928.82900A-100000@shell-3.enteract .com>

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The Dell Inspirons seem to work pretty well. You'll need to get the OSS
driver from 4front to get the sound going, though. Also, the default IRQs
used by /stand/sysinstall for PCMCIA conflict with existing devices, so
setup is a little tricky but not too bad.

--Brett

At 11:33 PM 8/13/2000, David Scheidt wrote:

>I need a laptop, preferably one that comes out of the box ready to run
>FreeBSD.  I'm willing to swap PC cards if I have to, but since my time fram
>is really tight, I'd prefer one that came with supported hardware.  Any
>suggestions?  I've never done a mobile FreeBSD box before, so I am pretty
>clueless about what sort of hardware is supported.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>David
>
>
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