Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 21:48:09 +0000 From: phnxcs_rep@lycos.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Toshiba A-205 S5880 laptop compatibility Message-ID: <05d1839f2efad7ead81ed4634a0f8d7c@lycos.com>
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Hello, I have an older Toshiba laptop and a (store bought) copy of FreeBSD 3.4 and wonder if these two would play well together. The software is dated January 2000 and I bought the laptop new in November 2008. The Toshiba is running Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 2. I had planned to use Whitecanyon's WipeDrive8 to clean the HD and from my reading of the book (3rd edition) the four disks came with it seems I should be able to remove the MBR, repartition, and, format with the tools that came with FreeBSD. Toshiba Satellite A-205 S5880 Intel Pentium Dual 1.86 GHz CPU (T2390) 3 GB RAM 32 Bit 184 GB HD (NTFS) CD/DVD etc., stock out of the box for the rest. I guess the two questions are: 1. is the laptop to old for this version of FreeBSD (ver. 3.4) 2. will the O.S. and the Toshiba work well enough together to make it worth the effort. Thank you for your time, Phnxcs_rep From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Mar 15 22:20:56 2017 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACB19D0EF7E for <freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org>; Wed, 15 Mar 2017 22:20:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-qk0-x22c.google.com (mail-qk0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c09::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7244A1EBD for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 15 Mar 2017 22:20:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: by mail-qk0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id p64so25463656qke.1 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:20:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tenebras-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=oe+dG4B3CiqkqYu9ar/XBHZ0ydPylLeJLePpW8At2dk=; b=tyQbVX1NRX6ps81jDQPAitfvhjcSL12VoBdWjceTL6Osa8N0uuIyHiFZjn/pnLsTZz c2GWZ2SmkalrRgCJ9UWJW0Ua244fWoml58BcYf2VQbGSUOqy5HRjSh4VFO26Qmefxc9o VcNAZ/31KNT2tj3zp2O9aGhH1BtJcw1octLGPplqDPdKwRS9AUUoFAfoXAd5BOqbZHMi ELV+Jnwu2z4xgbZ1j+wWWYuybgflfUShrsVwFXRvAzXE8P277fQECO/UHuidd/T4ovfE HgfnlayLV15y1M1wzFVRPw6pZFG92J8mo214PjZ1MTm6o1UYlSvhtUk1ZNZlUD/mdzeh wF9w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=oe+dG4B3CiqkqYu9ar/XBHZ0ydPylLeJLePpW8At2dk=; b=JqPrF8/5cPALzIn5WkDvgYIGZVYFpcfK3ciU7DRuz8ZUpgh/S8h33TpqV0OzGPLQ+N /teqAws483lCSjPEyYjWDKASC63jm/2E/uzOmk8bXSJX5GEGXDapK+au5P2LBTFR/08z yvDyaTTfU4WTfgybmorMSeWa3u2ZNTfcPj9REGkBd4h+BqsJiFkqMz565QdtzB/TeKiv q7uwkYeE5Tua5h4u1GVqZRxyJ9VMCQgvc65RK9pU27tLjv/QQo8vIeCBpH+3gN907HZI NMxxFxni1Re/RWy84XXU+si/dNY0CbhWID+RrMLGeN4PTS/jfTZgU6pJBakwmx1lAqLA ObdQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H0MChBbrrQOrAbpw+1dphsqMr2HXIPAEVIiQgiTRTtx+t9NpDTgjRJx+n6KXpts+NtkkffeRJ4ZdwrHoHZL X-Received: by 10.55.162.16 with SMTP id l16mr4877671qke.204.1489616454964; Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:20:54 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.200.39.182 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:20:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <05d1839f2efad7ead81ed4634a0f8d7c@lycos.com> References: <05d1839f2efad7ead81ed4634a0f8d7c@lycos.com> From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:20:54 -0700 Message-ID: <CAHu1Y73yo=bsSyO5diWqB8MYHg42iZME4w58yP36rnN_ip9VUQ@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Toshiba A-205 S5880 laptop compatibility To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 22:20:56 -0000 On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 2:48 PM, <phnxcs_rep@lycos.com> wrote: > > I have an older Toshiba laptop and a (store bought) copy of FreeBSD 3.4 > and wonder if these two would play well together. The software is dated > January 2000 and I bought the laptop new in November 2008. > > Wrong question - that version is likely too old for your hardware. For the love of all that is holy and good in the universe, use a currently-supported version. 3.4 was EOL in 1999! https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/10.3/FreeB= SD-10.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img.xz for example --=20 "Well," Brahma said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool is no wiser, but an intelligent person requires only two thousand five hundred." - The Mah=C4=81bh=C4=81rata
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