From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 18 14:19:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA27515 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 14:19:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.207.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA27485 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 14:19:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leifn@image.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id WAA30539 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Wed, 18 Feb 1998 22:29:23 +0100 Received: by swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA03798; 18 Feb 98 22:30:46 +0100 From: leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 18 Feb 98 22:17:27 +0100 Subject: Home computer for FreeBSD Message-ID: Organization: Fidonet: Swimsuit Safari. Go for it. To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 18 Feb 98 19:25:41 sbabkin@dcn.att.com (2:234/49.99) wrote to All regarding Home computer for FreeBSD in area "freebsd-hacker" s> I've moved to US and now came to the point when I can spend some s> money for a home computer. Now about the problems. I want an s> inexpensive (read: no brand names) and customarily configured s> (read: no brand names) computer that will surely s> run under FreeBSD. In Russia I solved it in a simple way: I had s> friends selling computers so I was able to try the computer s> with FreeBSD before buying. Can anyone suggest some way of doing s> the same here ? May be, like buying, trying, then returning back s> if it does not work ? Is it safe to assume that if it can boot on the install-floppy, then it is going to work? Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message