Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 22:38:01 +0100 From: "Duncan Barclay" <dmlb@dmlb.org> To: <weytslesly@hotmail.com>, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Centrino Message-ID: <002901c31a61$18293710$4bc8a8c0@orac> References: <LC2-LFD60HAaaz7EjQx000000af@hotmail.com> <20030514.103213.50905894.imp@bsdimp.com>
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From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> > In message: <LC2-LFD60HAaaz7EjQx000000af@hotmail.com> > "Lesly Weyts" <weytslesly@hotmail.com> writes: > : Hi, > : > : I wanna buy a new laptop with a Pentium M (the newest processor from Intel > : especially for mobile computers) and install freeBSD on it with KDE. Is that > : possible ... I've heard that the architecture of the new CPU is different > : and that Unix/Linux not run on those processors. Is that true or ... and if > : it is true ... will there soon be support for the centrino-platform. I hope > : it because I need mobile computers and I love the fact that I can work > : longer with a Pentium M. > > I have reports from people that they have the centrino laptops running > in wireless networks running FreeBSD, so I think that the CPU isn't > different enough to give FreeBSD fits. I don't have a centrino > laptop myself, but given the reports I've had, I think this shouldn't > be a concern. > > Warner I have booted 4.8 from CD successfully on my Centrino based Acer 800CLi, but not yet installed it. I'm going to give 5.1 a spin this evening once I've downloaded the ISOs. Duncan
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