From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 12 00:26:38 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 8128316A418 for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:26:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D40D643D4C for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:26:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k5C0QbVC074475; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:26:37 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) with ESMTP id k5C0Qbbr074472; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:26:37 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:26:37 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Derek Jander In-Reply-To: <159b320e0606100145j5b8af20du931e6672b5e292ee@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20060611182346.L74427@wonkity.com> References: <159b320e0606100145j5b8af20du931e6672b5e292ee@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 11 Jun 2006 18:26:37 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on laptops 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: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:26:38 -0000 On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Derek Jander wrote: > Hi all! I'm considering to migrate my HP nx9030 from Windows XP Professional > to *nix OS since almost all the servers I'm administering right now have > some Linux flavour installed. I was about to install fedora when some firend > told me about FreeBSD. I just tested it on a Virtual Machine and it looks > great. My doubt now, is if it will be very difficult to make it work on my > machine. I really need the internal modem, and of course the Wireless and > stuff... And I can't be dealing with it for months.... Anyone who had > already installed FBSD on that sistem (HP nx9030) could post any comment? There's an entry for the nx9030 on the FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility List: http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/index.pl?action=show_laptop_detail&laptop=571 They don't come out and say it, but that one guy is using a PC Card modem suggests the onboard one is an unsupported Winmodem. Most built-in notebook modems are. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA