Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 20:41:14 -0500 From: David Booth <wbooth@austin.rr.com> To: Joseph Scott <joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu>, mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: winbook & FreeBSD Message-ID: <37D7103A.7E90A6E9@austin.rr.com> References: <37D6E02E.B22B4631@owp.csus.edu>
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I have 3.2 stable running on an older winbook (an XP5). No problems with video or network. I have not been interested in modem or sound so have not tried anything with them. The AmbiCom 10baseT card works fine although you can purchase a little cheaper than winbook sells them for. Shop around on the net. I think that I paid about $40 from J&R computers. One caution about winbook is that they sometimes do not deliver what you order and it a hassle sending it back to get it right (more than once.) I have heard this from others and my experience has been consistent with this. They do seem to be a good value though. Joseph Scott wrote: > I've recently been given the go ahead to look for a couple of notebooks > for work. Since I'd like to be able to dual boot FreeBSD on one I'm > interested in finding out what works and what doesn't with 3.2 ( or 3.3 > since it's coming out soon ). > > After spending sometime looking at different notebooks on the web I'm > starting to lean towards Winbook ( I know, isn't the name ironic since I > want it to run FreeBSD? ), specifically : > > WinBook XL2 > > My main concerns of course are : Video, Network, Modem and Sound ( in > that order ). > > The specs for the machine can be found at : > > http://www.winbook.com/xl2400128.html > > I think the video will probably be ok, but here's my choice of NIC's > from winbook : > > AmbiCom 10bT Network Card > 3COM 10 Mbps LAN PC Card > AmbiCom XL/XLi/XL2 10/100bT CardBus > 3COM XL/XLi/XL2 10/100bT LAN CardBus > > My understanding was that FreeBSD doesn't support cardbus, so the last > two are out. What about the 3COM 10Mb, it doesn't say what the chipset > is so it's not much to go on. > > Does anyone else know if the stuff from Winbook will work OK with > FreeBSD? > > Another question would be, if you had your choice of any notebook to run > FreeBSD on, what would you pick? ( The idea being, which notebooks > support FreeBSD the best. ) > > Thanks. > > -- > > Joseph Scott > joseph.scott@owp.csus.edu > Office Of Water Programs - CSU Sacramento > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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