From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Mar 16 01:46:44 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBAABD0C37F for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:46:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mj001@rogers.com) Received: from nm21-vm7.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm21-vm7.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [98.136.217.54]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C5F67106E for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:46:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mj001@rogers.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rogers.com; s=s2048; t=1489628592; bh=w1xp4LxdUl6eI3M777iBZ6F6/VScp+SmoGMNoI3AzFI=; h=Subject:References:To:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From:Subject; b=d84zDqgkLUIl1WAVhh6PudHMFBi3uMNBjjdgBWXkK95naTAWuYDTOUJ1M4aoOjkju4SwFnOHT096/fWaFIJHV5ODBGnuPhFH1+nlUEDxoIhZRLjVDrDItK0S/H26wZgKXtObi3l6PWKvNNBGRWwc9+jyrpjddrwcn0IcLON8PCrYH3r77LQ5cw9aQkd4FKw5uuOG5F/3PfjP85gcq94n1/JGBksIPnxeQBvJADnAK/eofWGua69FTKfbOtqjz4a9bmqyhK8lZDqK7LPimSBVoCT+4iAZxDeWoWJMg8TvttPbYy1YzdI42/SO/By1KDdiwRkPelS6NB3KcW5rojPmxw== Received: from [216.39.60.183] by nm21.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Mar 2017 01:43:12 -0000 Received: from [208.71.42.208] by tm19.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Mar 2017 01:43:12 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp219.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Mar 2017 01:43:12 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 839567.85467.bm@smtp219.mail.gq1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: i64f91IVM1mkYWqUxd7PBka149vLoQBcEPEhM9CFHUJc0js C8sSBUJz8cL6mVceKseioTvB0HOB5aeGJ7HRC9vfU5rKuWNElsj_DFjfnC6t a9TW3LeZNNmElBRAGRBf3tI2RP9sN.CAKk137DRMm3HKIvKM4ASOpVqWsdvK 5bHMngiYceeVPQmmNbnhqp6_bAtMhZY2OjOqM3m1VdtJ5ALYz2ikTVia0KCi bcJNuHb.jl2pqzOzEotMPcJfOMyaH0slaB6yRNnF1cMcuHs8D8NcWC7zbx3L slpDzRiQrn5sNXRM.e9psA8BtGteUcyNLQef.a8Z302cQ2fZ37J0vNDCxcQD nRY1noMwENL4XX.Ry2RasDp39Tc20inRj4tj0ncAylLTa6qfbENbpKe58kZT 4M.kWSpHyDHSdHUNk032n26OvKgXjrXV9uzjXhRRCaByXG_FEQQa5kFvhwR2 GBBO3jCXrQsTgcj7qEfPDQciEgyz10vixtrlaQz8V9Jb0vE_UKxnRBY0Zzxj YfI5yyNg563PS6NuiwHE.obKozPP1R7.VelarGyj._GrNSTayF13XiUB1u1k - X-Yahoo-SMTP: TLQliKmswBBvVNxNe7d23d.rcRexF9Jldbuuisg- Subject: Fwd: Re: Toshiba A-205 S5880 laptop compatibility References: <3057956a-0058-298c-4511-07522be5ff9f@rogers.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Mike Jeays X-Forwarded-Message-Id: <3057956a-0058-298c-4511-07522be5ff9f@rogers.com> Message-ID: <15919c9e-2877-5970-25bf-f5973c56b828@rogers.com> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 21:43:11 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3057956a-0058-298c-4511-07522be5ff9f@rogers.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 01:46:45 -0000 -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Toshiba A-205 S5880 laptop compatibility Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 18:27:12 -0400 From: Mike Jeays To: phnxcs_rep@lycos.com FreeBSD 3.4 is years out of date. I would suggest you download a copy of the latest release, or of TrueOS, which is an easy-to-install version that will give you a nicely-equipped desktop. There is no charge, of course. I think the only reason not to would be if you have a very slow or expensive interent connection. Either 3.4 or the latest TrueOS or FreeBSD should run well on your laptop - quite a bit better than Vista, anyway. Good luck! On 17-03-15 05:48 PM, phnxcs_rep@lycos.com wrote: > Hello, > > I have an older Toshiba laptop and a (store bought) copy of FreeBSD 3.4 > and wonder if these two would play well together. The software is dated > January 2000 and I bought the laptop new in November 2008. > > The Toshiba is running Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 2. I had > planned to use Whitecanyon's WipeDrive8 to clean the HD and from my > reading of the book (3rd edition) the four disks came with it seems I > should be able to remove the MBR, repartition, and, format with the > tools that came with FreeBSD. > > Toshiba Satellite A-205 S5880 > Intel Pentium Dual 1.86 GHz CPU (T2390) > 3 GB RAM > 32 Bit > 184 GB HD (NTFS) > CD/DVD > etc., stock out of the box for the rest. > > I guess the two questions are: > > 1. is the laptop to old for this version of FreeBSD (ver. 3.4) > 2. will the O.S. and the Toshiba work well enough together to make it > worth the effort. > > Thank you for your time, > Phnxcs_rep > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"