From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 4 13:35:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15F9137B89C for ; Sat, 4 Mar 2000 13:35:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tech_info@threespace.com) Received: from dallas ([12.73.242.35]) by mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.31a 201-229-119-114) with ESMTP id <20000304213520.YAKN17170.mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net@dallas>; Sat, 4 Mar 2000 21:35:20 +0000 Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000302225813.00c3a960@mail.threespace.com> X-Sender: tech_info@mail.threespace.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 00:18:25 -0500 To: William Tremere From: Technical Information Subject: Re: Toshiba Cc: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <20000302163713.H86224@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> References: <000801bf842f$3b7e3740$1b8e13cf@will> <000801bf842f$3b7e3740$1b8e13cf@will> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Of course, what may be even more important to you than having the kernel execute is whether your devices are supported. You may be able to get questions answered on the hardware list or at xfree86.org as to whether particular components in the Satellite are supported. --Chip Morton At 11:37 AM 3/2/00 , Ben Smithurst wrote: >William Tremere wrote: > > > For learning purposes I am intending to use an old Thshiba Satellite > > with Active Matrix screen. I am wondering if this is supported? > >Well, there's only one way to find out. Install it and see if it >works. If it doesn't, post any specific problems you have here, I'm sure >someone will be able to help. > >You probably won't even have to fully install it to see if it works: >if you just boot from a floppy or a CD-ROM and can get as far as the >sysinstall main menu, the chances are you're OK. > >-- >Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D > > >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