From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 2 15:47:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from c007.snv.cp.net (c007-h000.c007.snv.cp.net [209.228.33.206]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B0EC37B71A for ; Mon, 2 Apr 2001 15:47:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from otterr@telocity.com) Received: (cpmta 29111 invoked from network); 2 Apr 2001 15:47:12 -0700 Received: from dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com (HELO zoso) (216.227.91.85) by smtp.telocity.com (209.228.33.206) with SMTP; 2 Apr 2001 15:47:12 -0700 X-Sent: 2 Apr 2001 22:47:12 GMT From: "Otter" To: "'Fastandy'" , Subject: RE: freebsd on a laptop Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 18:38:56 -0400 Message-ID: <000401c0bbc5$b412db60$1401a8c0@zoso> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010402132035.00a58188@pop.gmx.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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