From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 7 13:21:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nj-gate.slk.com (smtp2.slk.com [12.3.89.217]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 455911583E for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:21:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dquayle@slk.com) Received: by nj-gate.slk.com; id QAA13757; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 16:20:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from slkmail.net.slk.com(92.1.33.235) by nj-gate.slk.com via smap (4.0a) id xma013733; Fri, 7 Jan 00 16:20:43 -0500 Received: from slk.com (92.1.57.144 [92.1.57.144]) by slkmail.net.slk.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2232.9) id XA6SZYMX; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 16:16:23 -0500 Message-ID: <387658EE.EEE929EA@slk.com> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 16:21:50 -0500 From: "Douglas B. Quayle" Organization: Spear, Leeds & Kellogg X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: GregoryC@stcinc.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Laptop compatibility References: <387645EA.140B53C1@stcinc.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have a Dell Inspiron 7000, 128 Mb RAM, DVD-ROM, 8 Gb HD. FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE ran fine on it, but I had some trouble getting support for the video card (an ATI Rage of some sort) for XFree86. I ended up purchasing a commercial X server. However, I believe that XFree86 now supports the chip set used in the Dell I7k, but I'm not positive. I would advise you to pay careful attention to what PCMCIA Ethernet cards and modems are supported, because that is what gave me the most headaches. Again, however, I believe that my Ethernet card, one of the 10/100 cards from 3Com, is now supported in 3.4-RELEASE. I'll find out as soon as the CD gets here. www.xfree86.org is a good place to look for video cards, and www.freebsd.org is a good place to look for other hardware compatibility. Gregory Carvalho wrote: > I am seeking a reference for FreeBSD 3.4R compatibility with laptops > (and all peripherals on the laptop). It may be in the form of > suggestions or on-line references. I am hoping to locate a recent model > with a Pentium III which is compatible. > -- > TIA, > Gregory Carvalho GregoryC@stcinc.com > Simplified Technology Company http://www.stcinc.com > In God I Trust! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message