Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 20:31:26 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Todd McNutt <todd@mcnutt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which one? Message-ID: <20061209201701.B77842@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <000001c71a5b$5c45e8a0$6500a8c0@McLaptop> References: <000001c71a5b$5c45e8a0$6500a8c0@McLaptop>
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On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Todd McNutt wrote: > I am hoping to install BSD on an IBM ThinkPad 600X that I have. It > has not been running the newer Windows and I popped a CD version of > Knoppix in it and it works fantastic. > > It got me thinking... I had used BSD in the past and I would like to > find an OS that I can actually 'install' on the hard drive and just > use the computer strictly as a BSD machine. Do you have a version of > BSD Free that will install and run on this machine? On my PII-233 Thinkpad 600, I've used FreeBSD 5.x and 6.x without problems. Maybe 4.x, too, can't recall. X11 worked fine. I didn't test any suspend or power save functions. You can check the FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility List at: http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/ Unfortunately, it seems to have been discovered by link spammers. Still, the original information looks intact. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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