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Date:      Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:08:56 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        uid0@catastrophe.net
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: Inspiron 5000e
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010226160856.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.31L2.0102261717250.24214-100000@jedi.catastrophe.net>

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On 26-Feb-01 uid0@catastrophe.net wrote:
> I'm sitting around toying with the idea of reinstalling my little
> 'junior' linux box this evening. I have a Dell Inspiron 5000e and
> was curious to know if there are any "evils" that may occur if I do this.
> 
> I only ask the list as I need it for work in the morning,
> and would like to actually sleep this evening.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.

freebsd-mobile is the list to ask about laptops on.  Esp. as this laptop has
come up in the discussions there at least 5 times this past week. :)  APM is
broken cause the APM BIOS is broken, but most everything else works.  (Sound, X
4.0.2, etc.)

> BTW - I have a Xircom RealPort2 CardBus card - any glitches with it?

Cardbus is only supported at all on -current, and cardbus doesn't work on the
5000e specifically.  Regular pccard cards work fine though.  I'm typing this
mail on a 5000e running -current atm.

> That's the reason I'm giving up on the "other" OS.

Well, cardbus won't be in a supported release until 5.0, but you'll prolly want
to wait until 5.1 for that.

> rewt

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