From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 21 09:17:25 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 982801065674 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:17:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from four.harrisons@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 253DA8FC16 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:17:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz3 with SMTP id 3so90499bwz.13 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:17:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:subject:from:to :date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=B5dNN+6mej/XCl56kQ+ecWoKTw4fmEjs+JTP4zQjtww=; b=Fuke7X5C//mRvgkkcxyQlfFLEtWM4qumV+vNudwKBlCgzF6378p0b1qpCJdPMGX9/l S3PgkEwbdMMXmuQ+41pJExxxbRVto4Iq4OhE+1gA5n1ZQIP28nxOfJ75g1/SeH+0Eam4 oaYiLbXpZy8KI9SzTeevs8taEJSDa51i5Egt0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:subject:from:to:date:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=ThaIJ8mTcHyMmS5Z7gAuj8w06uw8VdA6CT2sFb7Q5kgDEV0RkXGEf1jmwfPkT89kbX 4kSBE6LQJRSjgnGSQ0Z9rnHj6IvaGgA9cuHqGLLta5uyQiglhlC9BdXvJfY13NOUEF4Y 13YtRg2tzCyaGc4VOV5lAlViOtQEWDjKERFWo= Received: by 10.204.98.15 with SMTP id o15mr406662bkn.136.1287650967886; Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:49:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ecs ([213.8.162.222]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d12sm960401bkw.7.2010.10.21.01.49.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:49:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4cbffe96.cc97cc0a.4c02.3579@mx.google.com> From: four.harrisons@googlemail.com To: gull@gull.us, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:45:59 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Subject: Re: Netbooks & BSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:17:25 -0000 Sorry for top posting - I'm stuck on my phone.=0D=0A=0D=0AI successfully = installed FreeBSD on my Lenovo Ideapad before the memstick image was avai= lable by pulling the circuitry guts out of a USB HD and hooking it to a s= tandard internal IDE CD-ROM. Wasn't pretty, but it worked.=0D=0A=0D=0ABes= t avoiding Ideapads generally though because of ACPI issues.=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D= =0APeter Harrison=0D=0Awww.4harrisons.blogspot.com=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A-----= ------------------------=0D=0AFrom:=09"David Brodbeck" =0D=0A= Subject:=09Re: Netbooks & BSD=0D=0ADate:=09=0920th October 2010 19:33=0D=0A= =0D=0AOn Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Gary Kline wr= ote:=0D=0A> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Sure, the optical uses [I think]= a USB connector. =C2=A0Pretty sure=0D=0A> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0= that all these tiny "toys" are made at one factory! and then=0D=0A> =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0labeled by the vendor. =C2=A0If all the optica= ls are essentially=0D=0A> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0the same, then gre= at.=0D=0A=0D=0AI think they all pretty much follow the same standard. I'v= e even had=0D=0Asuccess using an IDE CD-ROM drive plugged into a USB-to-I= DE adapter=0D=0Acable, before.=0D=0A_____________________________________= __________=0D=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0D=0Ahttp://li= sts.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0D=0ATo unsubscribe, s= end any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0D=0A