Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 22:21:26 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: "Paul M. Lambert" <plambert@pinky.magiclemurs.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAO necessary for Tecra 8000? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909162220590.440-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <19990916030601.A41095@pinky.magiclemurs.com>
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On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Paul M. Lambert wrote: > I've got a Toshiba Tecra 8000, and am looking for ways to make it happier. > > Right now, I'm using the PAO 3.2 distribution. > > On most of my machines, I typically try to keep up with -STABLE; it'd be > really nice if I could use the stock -STABLE on the Tecra, but I didn't > even try it yet. > > Before I wipe the thing clean and start over, can anyone tell me if > they've had success installing 3.2 on a Tecra 8000? > > Specifically, I need to be able to have apm work in a reasonable fashion > (i.e. sleep/return from sleep), and I would also really really like to > have the pccardd working. Both of these seem to work fine with my > current installation, but if I can avoid a separate branch, I'd > appreciate it. > > Anyone out there have experience with the Tecra 8000? It'd be great > to hear someone else's experiences. My entire company uses them, and > a lot of people would like to run FreeBSD but haven't bothered yet. If > I can work out the quirks for myself, I can make it much easier on them, > too. FreeBSD works very well with my Tecra 8000DVD. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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