From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 06:53:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59219106566B for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:53:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25A898FC0A for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:53:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so2609018rvf.43 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:53:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=00aH0EGaerrCHy+iYvmu9yZT/c2PhOq2Up2wm+6UCZ0=; b=eGXfQhrH/ii4Vqf3tI0Ei92JGf29YJUPDBlqb6MU/KSisnZ4/6O1PGUcRVNRVcoYv3 VvnGGzsVovUE+vHL2qNMXFdNOFQl+UWkFtfc0CRt30LfliZ8lD5tS8sWPOK5xaBtI0f6 Gxl/xs1Qr8rLg7gzYgt3cnoCt6aD4KFUlpOIo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=KSndIFxxCeb0Q2jc83HVe9t+UHOlPiwovsGl2tIFGXv9ur+lS+iVxfljkEfi3mxxIB UZPByUQC9nXEwCBLxc2r8DmU9tZPJ60HsNr2GU8LykXcWeNkKsgf8/h32jSo7nL+qHC3 8y579EWVgSDkxd7B1KaXEYJNG1x1APOxyKDZc= Received: by 10.141.69.1 with SMTP id w1mr998202rvk.119.1232347997583; Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:53:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.4.44? (c-68-35-57-46.hsd1.nm.comcast.net [68.35.57.46]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f42sm4109928rvb.5.2009.01.18.22.53.15 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:53:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49742354.1090305@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:53:08 -0700 From: Tim Judd User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: aaron lewis References: <922d8fe50901181815g1a6d3331n3c04539159b24134@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <922d8fe50901181815g1a6d3331n3c04539159b24134@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: About FreeBSD hardware compatibility? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:53:19 -0000 aaron lewis wrote: > Hi, > I'm a freebsd lovers , i wonna install fbsd7.1 to my laptop (IBM > Thinkpad R400 a18). > There's no available informations on laptop compatibility lists. So do you > have any solutions to make a quick check if everything will work? > I know Solaris has a Install_check tool which will give a list whether a > hardware has solaris drivers ,third-part driver or not supported. > Does Fbsd has something likely? > Thk in advance! > > The most reliable way to check, is by booting the livefs cd and checking pciconf -lvvv for any none* devices. the none* devices may be given a driver if you load a module, but what's in GENERIC on the livefs, is what's in GENERIC when you first boot it from the hard disk. This is an invaluable tool when I am just curious. It's also the invaluable tool for disaster recovery. Try the CD, and post to -questions when you get stuck with a device that should be recognized. --Tim