From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 7 15:30:45 2011 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 F38D1106564A for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 15:30:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B24768FC13 for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 15:30:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pB7FUiM5068916; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:30:44 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id pB7FUift068913; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:30:44 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:30:44 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Matthias Apitz In-Reply-To: <20111207142613.GA3142@tinyCurrent> Message-ID: References: <4EDEFACB.3000809@gmail.com> <4EDF620B.9030706@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20111207142613.GA3142@tinyCurrent> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-902635197-1097831339-1323271844=:68831" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:30:44 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about hardware support X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:30:46 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-1097831339-1323271844=:68831 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Wednesday, December 07, 2011 a las 12:54:35PM +0000, Matthew Seaman escribió: > >> Drivers in FreeBSD are generally described in terms of the specific >> components (motherboard chipset, NIC, SATA controller, etc. etc.) rather >> than in terms of a specific whole machine produced by a manufacturer. >> >> Laptops are particularly tricky in this regard, and if no-one else has >> reported on your particular model, generally the best procedure is to >> try booting the device using a USB or CD-Rom image, and see what does >> and doesn't work. > > One good method is to let it boot a recent Knoppix DVD and see what chips it > 'sees'; it will not touch the installed OS; Along those lines, PC-BSD (pcbsd.org) has a live DVD or live USB mode. ---902635197-1097831339-1323271844=:68831--