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From: Jerahmy Pocott <quakenet1@optusnet.com.au>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:27:33 +1100
To: Olivier GARNIER <oli.garnier@free.fr>
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Subject: Re: Install problems on Dell Vostro
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On 11/11/2007, at 1:55 AM, Olivier GARNIER wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I tried with FreeBSD and FreeSBIE when I received my vostro 1700 (on
> septembre), and the network wasn't working well. Network, Some Xorg  
> problems
> and so on ...
> So I installed Ubuntu 7.04 witch was the less worth (network/video  
> worked
> with some adaptations). Now I've got an Ubuntu 7.10 witch is  
> working well.
>
> If you make FreeBSD work on Vostro I'm interested.

I'm going to try putting a network card in and disabling the on-board  
one..

The probe shows a lot of 'unknown' in relation to the ACPI, which I  
think is the
root of all this evil. Unfortunately if I disable it the drives are  
no longer found..