From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 4 21:41: 2 2001 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 21:40:59 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bazooka.unixfreak.org (bazooka.unixfreak.org [63.198.170.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90E1037B400 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 21:40:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by bazooka.unixfreak.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D9E3C3E02; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 21:40:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from unixfreak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bazooka.unixfreak.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D89A83C10A; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 21:40:58 -0800 (PST) To: Greg Black Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Toshiba laptop on FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: Message from Greg Black of "Fri, 05 Jan 2001 14:47:36 +1000." Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 21:40:53 -0800 From: Dima Dorfman Message-Id: <20010105054058.D9E3C3E02@bazooka.unixfreak.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > It's a Toshiba Satelite Pro 420 CDT with 40 MB memory and a P100 > and a choice of /either/ a floppy or a CDROM. I'm running FreeBSD on a Satellite Pro 415 CS with 24MB of RAM and a P75. Works just fine. > He wants to know if the CDROM version can boot off FreeBSD CDs, > or if he should take the one with the floppy and install from > our LAN; I've never used the CD in mine, let alone attempted to install from it. Personally, I'd go for the one with the floppy. I can't imagine having a workstation without a floppy drive. > and if the thing would be able to run FreeBSD + X11 > successfully. It can run X, but don't expect killer performance out of it. I run it at 600x400 with 4-bit colors (i.e., 16 colors). It isn't terribly impressive, but it suits my purposes (mainly Emacs). Hope this helps Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message