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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 19:00:40 +0000
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From: jose@dial.pipex.com (Jose Marques)
Subject: What does "unsupported" really mean?
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I'm thinking of buying a laptop to run FreeBSD (yet another disillusioned
Mac user abandoning ship).  The models I've looked at all have some form of
"unsupported (at the current time) by FreeBSD" hardware, i.e. CardBUS, XV
ports, USB ports etc.  Does this mean that I can't use FreeBSD on these
machines?  Or (hopefully) can I still use FreeBSD but not use the hardware
in question?

Ta.