From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 2 0:50:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from envy.geekhouse.net (envy.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E43A437B423 for ; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 00:50:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jim@localhost) by envy.geekhouse.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e827oID42633; Sat, 2 Sep 2000 00:50:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim) Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 00:50:18 -0700 From: Jim Mock To: grownup@iname.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Laptops Message-ID: <20000902005017.A39234@envy.geekhouse.net> Reply-To: jim@jmock.com References: <39B0A1F1.F73E661A@donet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <39B0A1F1.F73E661A@donet.com>; from ganeengr@donet.com on Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 02:45:05AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 02 Sep 2000 at 02:45:05 -0400, GMan wrote: > I know that Linux has a website that identifies how to install on > laptops. Same for FreeBSD? I had Red Hat (up to version 6.0) running > on my Gateway Pentium-120 for over a year (had to go back to Win98 for > new job compatibility - not enough space for dual-boot system). > > Would be interested in trying FreeBSD. . . will probably get a desktop > for Windows stuff and use the laptop as the "experimental" machine. . . > any suggestions for web sites with good documentation on laptop > installs??? You don't need to do anything different during the install. It's just like installing on a desktop system (at least it has been with the few laptops I've run it on). - jim -- jim mock work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message