From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Sep 4 1: 3:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from helios.soupnazi.org (helios.soupnazi.org [64.81.252.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEC6D37B401 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2001 01:03:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by helios.soupnazi.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 780883246; Tue, 4 Sep 2001 01:03:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 01:03:23 -0700 From: Jim Mock To: "George V. Neville-Neil" Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sony VAIO 505 Laptops? Message-ID: <20010904010322.A7926@helios.soupnazi.org> Reply-To: mij@soupnazi.org References: <200109040756.AAA06119@mail.wrs.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200109040756.AAA06119@mail.wrs.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 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