From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 22 16:31:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DAEA16A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:31:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta9.adelphia.net (mta9.adelphia.net [68.168.78.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FFCB43D1F for ; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:31:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from parv_fm@mailsent.net) Received: from moo.holy.cow ([69.160.71.102]) by mta9.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20040123003023.WANU27240.mta9.adelphia.net@moo.holy.cow>; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:30:23 -0500 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 553D2A359; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:29:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:29:59 -0500 From: parv To: Jonathon McKitrick Message-ID: <20040123002959.GB429@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Jonathon McKitrick , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040120223640.GB39542@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20040122000617.GC392@moo.holy.cow> <20040122193832.GB55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040122193832.GB55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:31:24 -0000 in message <20040122193832.GB55754@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, wrote Jonathon McKitrick thusly... > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 07:06:17PM -0500, parv wrote: > : in message <20040120223640.GB39542@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, > : wrote Jonathon McKitrick thusly... > : > > : > I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very > : > much since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen. I'm trying > : > to think of something interesting to do with it now. > : > > : > Any ideas on something interesting to use it for? Maybe some kind > : > of learning experience? > : > : Try to run (Free|Net)BSD-current? Or even, Sun Solaris 2.9? > > Solaris? That might be interesting. You can order Solaris for x86 on CD > free from Sun, correct? I know one could order Solaris CD but do not know if it the CD would be sent (almost) free of cost. Does Sun not provide a free downloadable OS image/binary? > Does it work pretty well with laptop hardware? To tell you the truth, i listed the operating systems that i would like to try out myself, but for (disk) space, thus financial reasons, cannot. I was hoping perhaps you could try them out, and would let me/us know how other OS's behave... - Parv --