From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 21 04:57:18 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EEBF16A4B3 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 04:57:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fs5-4.us4.outblaze.com (205-158-62-136.outblaze.com [205.158.62.136]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8543043FCB for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 04:57:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from luomat@operamail.com) Received: (qmail 20505 invoked from network); 21 Sep 2003 11:54:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Tim) (luomat:operamail.com?operamail.com@68.23.211.29) by 205-158-62-136.outblaze.com with SMTP; 21 Sep 2003 11:54:31 -0000 To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <20030921032317.GD6813@pir.net> Message-ID: From: Timothy Luoma Organization: http://tntluoma.com Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-15 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 07:56:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20030921032317.GD6813@pir.net> User-Agent: Opera7.20/Win32 M2 build 3140 Subject: Re: 4.x or 5.x for newbie install on laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 11:57:18 -0000 On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 23:23:17 -0400, Peter Radcliffe wrote: >> - Windows formatted iPod (connects via Firewire PCCard). I >> assume there is no way to use this under FreeBSD anyway, so I'll >> have to dual-boot to XP to use the iPod > > My windows formatted iPod works just fine under FreeBSD with built in > firewire, PCI firewire or USB. Can you add/edit songs on the iPod or does it just appear as a mass storage device? > I don't know about the firewire pccard. I understand that it probably would only work in 5.x-current and not in 4.x >> - External hard drive which also connects via Firewire (which >> I use for backups, but mostly there are just the mp3s from my iPod) > > Should work. It too connects via the pccard >> So... thoughts? I plan to download an ISO tomorrow. > > IMO if you are not interested in hacking on the OS in some way then > 5.x isn't ready for primetime yet. Depends what you want to do and if > you want to have to migrate later when it is ready. Well it just seems to make a bit more sense to work from 4.8-RELEASE and get that setup and working. I'm relatively sure that there must be a way to migrate from 4.x to 5.x without having to start from scratch... but either way I'll take good notes on what I do to get it working just in case. I have the disc-01 ISO downloaded (~1hr 40min, not bad... ~6mb/min?) and will start the disc-02 ISO as soon as I'm done. Then I just have to migrate the Windows stuff from D:\ to C:\ TjL -- Toying with the idea of putting Planning to install FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE on a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop