Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 18:38:56 -0400 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "'Fastandy'" <fastandy@gmx.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: freebsd on a laptop Message-ID: <000401c0bbc5$b412db60$1401a8c0@zoso> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010402132035.00a58188@pop.gmx.net>
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sure! if xfree86 supports your vid card, go for it! there are many pccards which are supported, but stick with pcmcia instead of cardbus unless you plan to run -current. see http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~dkulp/fbsd/laptop.html for laptop info and http://www.xfree86.org to check support for your video card. -Otter > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Fastandy > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 7:24 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: freebsd on a laptop > > > Hi, > I got a new laptop the other day and I was wondering whether > it makes sence > to install FreeBSD on a laptop or should I rather resort to > Linux if I want > to have a *nix running on my laptop additionally to Win2k. I > have only > tried FreeBSD on a desktop so far, but it ran pretty well > there. In case > you are wondering, it's a Vaio PCG-F808K PIII 750 MHZ, 128 > megs ram and an > ATI Rage Mobility M1 with 8 megs. > > Thanx > > Andy > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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