Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 01:20:18 -0400 From: "Otter" <otter@telocity.com> To: "RAY DUBBERLY" <rld@newulmtel.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: BSD on laptops Message-ID: <NIEJLGLKBDJHNLKBAKPDGEBECAAA.otter@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <390130A5.2483FA9@newulmtel.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of RAY DUBBERLY Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 12:55 AM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: BSD on laptops Importance: High Is there a listing of the laptops that are supported by BSD or can you tell me if My laptop is supported without a lot of reconfiguring of the kernel etc.. After reading about your OS both on the net and in my Linux Mag. (currently I am trying out SuSE v. 6.4 Linux. I am new to these environments, Linux and Unix but realize that it is time to move out of the MS environment and learn a real OS. Amen, brother. If it wasn't for work, I'd be totally MS-free. I have a toshiba model 2065CDS 366mhz, AMD K6-2 W/3DNOW TECH.. 4.3gig hd, 24x CD-ROM, S3 ViRGE MX 3D graphics controller, 32 meg of mem also a integrated V.90/k56flex modem There's a hardware compatibility list found on the freebsd.org web site to give you some reference. If you choose to go with a windowing system, the xfree86 project is open source. You can check your video card chipset's compatibility with it at http://www.xfree86.org <http://www.xfree86.org/>; . Something else to consider is your modem. Make sure it's not a WinModem. If you can get into a terminal app, such as HyperTerm, on your currently undesirable operating system, you can use AT commands to get some info on your modem. Usually the command "ATI7", without the quotes, will give you a lot of info regarding the BIOS in our modem. Unless you have some really obscure shit in that laptop, you should be in good shape. -Otter p.s. if you plan to run a GUI desktop instead a command line interface, I'd recommend adding more ram. It'll run as is, but it'll run better with more memory. My desk top computers are both using ASUS motherboards, one a P2b-f and the other is a P3b-f P2b-f = 8GB HD w/192 mgb mem , ATI RAGE FURY 32mgb 128 win98 P3B-f = 4GB HD w/64mgb mem. , ATI Mach-64 4mgb (little box) Linux Hopefully this will work so that I can use it while traveling. Thank You R. L. DUBBERLY R & D SOFTWARE 827 S. FRANKLIN St. NEW ULM, MN. 56073 [-- Attachment #2 --] <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">; <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01BFABF7.C64389D0"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DocumentKind>DocumentEmail</w:DocumentKind> <w:EnvelopeVis/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:553679495 -2147483648 8 0 66047 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p.MsoAutoSig, li.MsoAutoSig, div.MsoAutoSig {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p {margin-right:0in; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.EmailStyle16 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>RAY DUBBERLY<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, April 22, 2000 12:55 AM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> BSD on laptops<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Importance:</span></b> High</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Is there a listing of the laptops that are supported by BSD or can you tell me if My laptop is supported without a lot of reconfiguring of the kernel etc.. <br> After reading about your OS both on the net and in my Linux Mag. (currently I am trying out SuSE v. 6.4 Linux. </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I am new to these environments, Linux and Unix but realize that it is time to move out of the MS environment and learn a real OS. </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt: windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p><span class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Amen, brother. If it wasn’t for work, I’d be totally MS-free. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I have a toshiba model 2065CDS 366mhz, AMD K6-2 W/3DNOW TECH.. <br> 4.3gig hd, 24x CD-ROM, S3 ViRGE MX 3D graphics controller, 32 meg of mem <br> also a integrated V.90/k56flex modem </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p><span class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>There’s a hardware compatibility list found on the freebsd.org web site to give you some reference. If you choose to go with a windowing system, the xfree86 project is open source. You can check your video card chipset’s compatibility with it at <a href="http://www.xfree86.org/">http://www.xfree86.org</a>. Something else to consider is your modem. Make sure it’s not a WinModem. If you can get into a terminal app, such as HyperTerm, on your currently undesirable operating system, you can use AT commands to get some info on your modem. Usually the command “ATI7”, without the quotes, will give you a lot of info regarding the BIOS in our modem. Unless you have some really obscure shit in that laptop, you should be in good shape.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p><span class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>-Otter<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p><span class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>p.s. if you plan to run a GUI desktop instead a command line interface, I’d recommend adding more ram. It’ll run as is, but it’ll run better with more memory.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p><span class=EmailStyle16><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>My desk top computers are both using ASUS motherboards, one a P2b-f and the other is a P3b-f </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>P2b-f = 8GB HD w/192 mgb mem , ATI RAGE FURY 32mgb 128 win98 <br> P3B-f = 4GB HD w/64mgb mem. , ATI Mach-64 4mgb (little box) Linux </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Hopefully this will work so that I can use it while traveling. </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thank You </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><u><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>R. L. DUBBERLY</span></font></u><font color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>R & D SOFTWARE <br> 827 S. FRANKLIN St. <br> NEW ULM, MN. 56073</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black; mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </body> </html>
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