From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 26 15:47:11 2005 Return-Path: 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 EA11616A4CE for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:47:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.79]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 52E3443D5F for ; Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:47:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mike.Jeays@rogers.com) Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.150?) (mjeays2551@24.114.152.139 with plain) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Feb 2005 15:47:09 -0000 From: Mike Jeays To: Ted Mittelstaedt In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1109432828.97801.2.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 10:47:09 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Toshiba Satellite laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:47:12 -0000 On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 05:56, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Do you just want a bigger disk? > > If so, then go for it - although if the disk is buried in the > laptop, it's worth it to pay someone else to install it as you > aren't going to have the tools to take it apart, nor are you going > to have the instructions on how to get it apart. > > Ted > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Mike Jeays > > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 4:13 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Toshiba Satellite laptop > > > > > > I was thinking of getting a spare hard disk for a Toshiba Satellite > > laptop (Pentium 3 with 256MB). Does anyone have any good or bad > > experiences? It runs Knoppix perfectly well. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I need to keep the existing Windows configuration intact on the old disk, but would also like to try FreeBSD on this machine. The disk seems to be designed to be easily removed in this model - there are just two screws to undo, and it unplugs as a sealed unit. I took the old one out and put it back in with no trouble, and it still worked normally.