From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 22 11:22:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA24418 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:22:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA24409 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:21:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA27444; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:24:50 -0700 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:24:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Tony Clark cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compaq Contura 486 laptop In-Reply-To: <23931.9604201752@padua.compnews.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 20 Apr 1996, Tony Clark wrote: > I would like to install FreeBSD on my laptop cause i need a much much more > stable operating system that Windows 95/OS etc etc.... OK. Our experience with FreeBSD on laptops is that it sucks battery like anything. You can't spin down the hard disk to save power, otherwise the system goes nuts. :( We have a 500mb disk split with a DOS partition and use that for extended usage. > QUESTION: Will my laptop support freebsd 2.0.1 ? I think you meant 2.1. :) > If not what external devices might i have to purchase ? > > IBM PCMCIA ethernet controller ? > Different PCMCIA modem ? We use a 3COM 3c589 Ethernet card and a Megahertz 14.4 modem on ours (a Dell Latitude LX). > MACHINE: Compaq Contura 410C 486 colour laptop Ack. :( I hate Compaqs. They cut corners everywhere (ref: Non-PCI compliant, screwed up SCSI, etc.) > Floopy Disk Controlers:- > Compaq Floppy Disk Controller > > Hard Disk Controllers:- > Compaq disk controller As long as these are compatible they should work OK. > Modem:- > PCMCIA Worldport Miracom 14400 (generic AT command set modem) Possibly supported. I'm not aware of what the current pccard support is. > Plug and Play BIOS Oh, joy. :( Please don't use escape sequences in messages. It looks like garbage on my xterm. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major