Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 01:03:23 -0700 From: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> To: "George V. Neville-Neil" <gnn@neville-neil.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sony VAIO 505 Laptops? Message-ID: <20010904010322.A7926@helios.soupnazi.org> In-Reply-To: <200109040756.AAA06119@mail.wrs.com> References: <200109040756.AAA06119@mail.wrs.com>
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On Tue, 04 Sep 2001 at 00:56:13 -0700, George V. Neville-Neil wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking at Sony VAIO 505 laptops and wondering how tough it > is to get FreeBSD onto something with only a USB floppy drive. It's not. Boot off the floppy and install over ethernet :-) > Does anyone have experience with this? I'm considering the TLK, > HSK, JSK and LSK models of the Sony 505. I had a Z505HE a while back, and now have an R505TE. FreeBSD works great on them (as does X). The only issue I'm having now is that apm thinks I have no battery plugged in (it worked fine with Z505HE)... - jim -- jim mock <mij@soupnazi.org> tech writer | iXsystems, Inc. http://soupnazi.org/ work: jim@ixsystems.net | jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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