Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 11:34:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> Cc: GARGIULO Eduardo INGDESI <YAPEDU@SIDERAR.COM>, FreeBSD-newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107061132070.1702-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <3B4603B1.5F45F9DE@acuson.com>
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> > How about hardware support? Are there drivers for PCMCIA cards and > > winmodems? > > I'm interested in install it on a notebook. > > Like Linux, there won't be any winmodem support. Fire off a nasty letter > to your winmodem manufacturer, and go grab a real modem (you know, one > that actually meets the dictionary definition). PCMCIA works fine. But > like Linux, laptops can be tricky beasts. You might have to do a bit of > searching to get some of the more esoteric part-of-the-day components to > work. This would be incorrect. Check out "linmodem" on Linux. There is also currently a project under way to support Winmodems under FreeBSD. :) The source has been commited to -current as of last week. I've personally not tried it on my Gateway 1100 yet, but will ASAIHT. > There is a site for FreeBSD laptops. I don't know where it is though. > Anybody out there know? Check the links in my .sig :) Rick ******************************************************************* Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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