From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 19 13:43:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA08337 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 13:43:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from plethora.cs.wustl.edu (plethora.cs.wustl.edu [128.252.165.113]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA08320 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 13:42:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jxh@localhost) by plethora.cs.wustl.edu (8.7.6/8.7.3) id PAA09904; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:44:28 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:44:28 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199611192144.PAA09904@plethora.cs.wustl.edu> From: James Hu To: Peter Mutsaers Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD on Laptops. Is something missing? In-Reply-To: <87pw1ak3vj.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> References: <87pw1ak3vj.fsf@plm.xs4all.nl> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Peter Mutsaers writes: > Hello, > I run FreeBSD and prefer it over Linux. But now I have to install one > of them on my new laptop. Some people tell me that Linux has better > support for laptops. Is that true? If so, then what is missing > w.r.t. laptop support on FreeBSD? It does seem that pcmcia is > supported. Do I need more specific support for laptops that FreeBSD > might not provice? AFAIK, the only problem is that FreeBSD does not come with PCCARD support built into the GENERIC kernel. So, once installed on the laptop, you'd have to rebuild the kernel to get PCCARDs to work. Also, someone posted this URL a while back, which should help you out: http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa/PAO/ -- James