From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 12 00:06:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40FE716A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:06:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [203.10.76.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0EA343D45 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:06:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from blackwater.lemis.com (blackwater.lemis.com [192.109.197.80]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0BF62BD84 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 10:05:40 +1000 (EST) Received: by blackwater.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 1BC6F51737; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:35:39 +0930 (CST) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:35:39 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: Timothy Luoma Message-ID: <20040612000539.GC93033@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <20040611071204.GA93033@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/Uq4LBwYP4y1W6pO" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inspiron 7500 + Linksys + FreeBSD 4 or 5? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:06:28 -0000 --/Uq4LBwYP4y1W6pO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 11 June 2004 at 10:50:07 -0400, Timothy Luoma wrote: > On 6/11/04 3:12 AM, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" wrote: > >> On Friday, 11 June 2004 at 2:53:28 -0400, Timothy Luoma wrote: >>> >>> I have a Dell Inspiron 7500 which is no longer my primary machine, therefore >>> I want to use it to learn FreeBSD. >>> >>> I will be connecting to the internet via a Linksys Wireless Network PC Card >>> WPC11 v3 >>> >>> and was wondering whether folks would suggest FBSD4 or FBSD5 for this. It >>> will not be a production-level machine, however I'm new enough that if 5 is >>> too "raw" then I'd be content with 4. >> >> I have both on my 7500. > > *LOL* > > Hrm.... I think if we checked, we'd find that you were a bit more skilled & > familiar with FreeBSD than me :-) Barely possible. > Do you have the WIFI card working or know if it is supported under > either/both versions. I'm using an Orinoco card, and I have had no trouble with it. I don't expect problems with the Linksys. I did have trouble (which I fixed) with old Aviator (802.11 FHSS) cards, but they're obsolete 2 Mb/s cards. The problem there was that they need 56 kB I/O space (one chunk of 48 kB and one chunk of 8 kB), and the 7500 only has 48 kB. I solved the problem by overlaying the memory areas. I don't expect you to have that sort of problem with other cards. > I guess the remaining questions are: > > 1) Is there anything I can do w/ FBSD5 that I couldn't do with FBSD4 that > I'd want to do? It's generally more up to date. It handles PCMCIA/CardBus cards better. > 2) Is the install process for one any easier than for the other? No. > Sent using the Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac Test Drive. Hmm. Greg -- Note: I discard all HTML mail unseen. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --/Uq4LBwYP4y1W6pO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAykjSIubykFB6QiMRAor7AJwIKRp3P87ObRQgzYYwJYldNr9NEgCfTnLH uwHn4no6s2+u9s/o/gUIgVE= =5rWQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/Uq4LBwYP4y1W6pO--