From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 19 4:57: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.vnet.net (smtp2.vnet.net [166.82.1.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0891415498 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 04:56:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp2.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id HAA23489; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:55:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA16709; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:56:28 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.2/8.6.9) id HAA94604; Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:56:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 07:56:27 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199903191256.HAA94604@lakes.dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, lyons@telia.com Subject: Re: Query freeBSD+Laptop In-Reply-To: <002801be7206$85126ca0$7a9f143e@a010431761> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Dear Sir(s), > > Just registered and downloaded tons of your documentation ( including = > handbook, etc. ). Noticed nothing dealing in particular with installing = > freeBSD on laptops? Please, advise. > > NB! first wrote above query to freeBSD-newbies mailings list and = > grateful for the 8 helpful replys; the last of which advised writing to = > you.=20 > > Sincerely, > Larry Lyons=20 > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Larry - If it's a rather recent laptop & has a CDROM - it should install just like any other machine... Where you might run into difficulty is in the PCMCIA card department, which you would likely need if you are doing a network-based install. I'd suggest just going ahead and trying it (I'm assuming your starting with 3.1-RELEASE.) - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message