Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 09:46:38 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jim Mock <jim@jmock.com> Cc: grownup@iname.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Laptops Message-ID: <20000903094638.C66079@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20000902005017.A39234@envy.geekhouse.net>; from jim@jmock.com on Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 12:50:18AM -0700 References: <39B0A1F1.F73E661A@donet.com> <20000902005017.A39234@envy.geekhouse.net>
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On Saturday, 2 September 2000 at 0:50:18 -0700, Jim Mock wrote: > 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). There are a couple of minor differences. What if you want to install via a PCMCIA CD-ROM, for example? But that should be covered in the installation menus. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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