From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Apr 16 4:47: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.mail.nl.demon.net (hermes.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.72.197]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABD2F37B400 for ; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 04:47:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jes.noc.nl.demon.net ([194.159.72.196]) by hermes.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 16xRQJ-000AX9-00 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:46:59 +0200 Received: from jes by jes.noc.nl.demon.net with local (Exim 3.34 #1) id 16xRQJ-0003mI-00 for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:46:59 +0200 Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:46:59 +0200 From: Jim Segrave To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Thinking about a Dell Latitude C400 Message-ID: <20020416134659.F12219@jes.noc.nl.demon.net> Reply-To: jes@nl.demon.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Organisation: Demon Internet Netherlands Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm considering buying a Dell Latitude C400 to run FreeBSD (with the occasional perhaps boot of Windows - but see Q 7) Can anyone answer the following: 1) Will the onboard Ethernet NIC work with FreeBSD 4.5? 2) Will the onboard WinModem work with the linmodem drivers? 3) Will it run XFree86 4? 4) Will the CD RW option work with FreeBSD 4.5 for writing CDs or should I just live with the CRDROM? 5) Does the sound system work? 6) Can I dual boot with (spit) Win 2000? 7) Better still - can I run Vmware when I have to deal with things Microsoft? Any other things I should know? -- Jim Segrave jes@nl.demon.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message