From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 5 08:47:46 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA05067 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 08:47:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA05058 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 08:47:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from localhost (dfr@localhost) by nlsystems.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA12406; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 16:47:46 GMT Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 16:47:25 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: "Justin T. Gibbs" cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad 770 In-Reply-To: <199901042356.QAA22443@pluto.plutotech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > I'm considering purchasing one of these guys and I'm hoping that someone > out there can confirm getting FreeBSD up and running on it. It looks like > XFree86 supports the Trident video chipset it uses and I would expect > everything else to just fall out. Does anyone know if the acd driver > will grok an ATAPI DVD-ROM drive if you use CD media? I'm pretty sure it will. The old wcd driver likes the drive in my new Toshiba Tecra 8000DVD just fine and I don't expect acd to be any different. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message