From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 17 20:54:12 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 4DFA116A420 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:54:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from relay3.av-mx.com (relay3.av-mx.com [137.118.16.123]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D790A43D45 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:54:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) X-Virus-Scan-Time: 0 Received: from [137.118.16.61] (HELO mx0.av-mx.com) by relay3.av-mx.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 182375869 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:53:58 -0500 Received: (qmail 9310 invoked from network); 17 Feb 2006 20:39:47 -0000 Received: from dsl13176.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@66.243.212.176) by 0 with SMTP; 17 Feb 2006 20:39:47 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 66.243.212.176 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl13176.ywave.com Message-ID: <43F63491.5020707@ywave.com> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:39:45 -0800 From: Micah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060113) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Xn Nooby References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: small freebsd laptop suggestions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:54:12 -0000 Xn Nooby wrote: > I would like to get a small laptop dedicated to (desktop) FreeBSD 6.x, > ideally one that could run Win2000 inside QEMU and has an nVidia chip so I > can do OpenGL stuff. Any suggestions? It doesnt have to be superfast, > though I would prolly want to drop a 100GB 2.5" drive in it later. > > 2 years ago I foolishly bought a HP Pavillion, and I have to use an external > keyboard with it for FreebSD (or else it wont boot). The HP laptop is now a > dedicated Windows machine (and I'd return it if I could). > > Is anyone using a laptop that they are happy with? Maybe a refurbished > Thinkpad? (though I prefer to buy lapotops new, in case they are duds). I > dont particularly trust the online lists of "laptops that work with > FreeBSD", since my other laptop is on one of them. > > I plan to carry the laptop around a lot, so I'm looking for something a > little smaller than average. My HP Pavillion is about 7lbs, which is too > big. Maybe a small Thinkpad, if they still make them? No specific suggestion, just curious if you tried your pavillion with the settings that were recommended on this list a couple of months back? Search for Pavillion laptop in the questions list. Quick recap: interrupt the kernel loading process, then set hint.sio.0.disabled=1 set hint.sio.1.disabled=1 set hint.atkbd.0.flags=0x9 boot Works on my Presario (I know, not a Pavillion, but it's worth a try). Use the FreeBSD install disk to test it. As for specific laptops, find one you like, search Google to see if anyone has gotten it to work with FreeBSD, repeat until you find one that works. freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org might be a good place to ask too. The archives of that list usually has several recommendations. HTH, Micah