From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 24 09:08:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB967106566C for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:08:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) Received: from hunter.Sisis.de (hunter.sisis.de [193.31.11.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A4F8FC1F for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:08:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) Received: (from mail@localhost) by hunter.Sisis.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA08576; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:00:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) Received: from ppp-62-245-210-14.dynamic.mnet-online.de(62.245.210.14) by hunter.Sisis.de via smap (V2.1) id xma008481; Mon, 24 Mar 08 10:00:02 +0100 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id m2O977v3005651; Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:07:07 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to matthias.apitz@oclc.org using -f Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:07:07 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: Ted Mittelstaedt Message-ID: <20080324090707.GA5568@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <486D09FD-3808-4627-A90D-1E343B76122E@bsdhost.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (i386) Cc: Joe Demeny , Fred C , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Derek Ragona Subject: Re: Laptop advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:08:13 -0000 El día Monday, March 24, 2008 a las 12:29:16AM -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt escribió: > Unfortunately, it is quite common for laptop vendors to write specs > that use different names than industry standard for the components, > so it is difficult to figure this out in advance. > > What you want to do is get yourself a FreeBSD boot CD then go > visit a computer vendor that has display models. Do not order a > laptop online. Visit a brick and mortar vendor, and try booting > fbsd on each of the display models. A good way is also to let it boot a Knoppix boot CD / DVD which is able to detect nearly all hardware used to assemble the laptop. Then take the /var/log/messages output of this and check it against the FreeBSD hardware notes. matthias (running FreeBSD 7.0-R on laptop :-)) -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ Don't top-post, read RFC1855 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?