From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 5 17:30:10 2010 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 896101065696 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 17:30:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mubeeshalivm@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 432CF8FC08 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 17:30:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb15 with SMTP id 15so2698824gwb.13 for ; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:30:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=gvkeR/ICM2stCKHEVYFWX+qtIHElzJuhIPFqeqjRMxg=; b=oyCnwfbuiOQ0Absn8FKbeXlfZmrkRjAbqYH9O757HfL0/K+w9bJMImDUDw/kPr6Ux5 Rf6LORQ5ioi94xfac8Vgz2WzESUBnBI2ReuN825pJvtz63aPwWRumeu8CbK4wq4/TlBc I8BVu/BTCCiatBFRECaP8lCcM0Ddoduvs3lEA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=hoG4osf2spSNON4QvBGDW0WDeyTYVdKwBX3cWhppVXGB+GY6y08MBD2I4m2N8zWXsF brMDWqckDRWtg1yhzhlueDXSvseeM8pUx7ize8l2X50GLzw343/z6d3xu+NrtE8vMq2f 9HMoTFE2digq2xl1Bv//ui6aq9MB6p7JDyUgw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.169.10 with SMTP id w10mr12428819iby.106.1286298004182; Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:00:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.166.141 with HTTP; Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:00:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201010050055.21381.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> References: <201010050055.21381.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 17:00:03 +0000 Message-ID: From: Mubeesh ali To: Erich Dollansky Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Leandro F Silva , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which OS for notebook 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: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:30:10 -0000 just dont choose an acer 5745 or any laptop runnning Insyde BIOS ...from my personal experience (BIOS gets stuck at splash screen after BSD install) regards, Mubeesh On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Monday 04 October 2010 12:11:30 Leandro F Silva wrote: >> >> Which OS are you using on your notebook, FreeBSD / Linux or MAC ? >> Also, can you tell us the hardware, Sony / HP etc.. > > there is no general answe > You must select an individual model first and see then if the hardware is= supported. > > I use normally FreeBSD 7 or 8 but I installed Fedora on a single machine = as there is no driver for the LAN available in FreeBSD. > > If I remember right, wireless was not a problem there. > > So, choose a model and ask then again. > > Ok, I have FreeBSD 7 running on an older Fujitsu Lifebook. 8.0 gave me pr= oblems with USB. > > Erich > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > --=20 Best=A0 Regards, Mubeesh Ali.V.M