Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 15:59:21 -0500 (EST) From: "Eric I. Arnoth" <earnoth@UDel.Edu> To: Doug <dougc1@bellatlantic.net> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: compaq smartstations Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902201554170.1045-100000@conn75-184.conn.udel.edu> In-Reply-To: <NCBBLBCJOKCLGMGHLDDLOELKCEAA.dougc1@bellatlantic.net>
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On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, Doug wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone used freebsd on a Compaq LTE ELITE 4/75CX with the > smartstation dock station? I can't figure out how to get it to reconigze the > built in ethernet card during install. Any responses would be helpful. > Doug, my input will be anything *but* helpful, I fear. If you've paid attention to my recent mails, you'll know that I was in the market for a new laptop. The main reason for that was the Compaq Presario laptop I had wouldn't let FreeBSD use the 3Com Etherlink III 3c589D PCCard. I've come to learn the hard way that Compaq is tortuously _proprietary_. My hunch is, if I couldn't get a Compaq laptop to cooperate with FBSD on what should have been *standard* hardware, you may have even less luck with a docking station, which is fairly proprietary by its very nature. You may have to take my route and buy a new machine (I chose Toshiba) and sell your Compaq. To those who are curious, btw, my Toshiba build went perfectly. I sized down the installed Windows98 (reasons out of my control necessitate that damned system!) FIPSed the partitioning table, installed FreeBSD via the PCCard mentioned above, and accomplished all that in four hours, including the install of all ports I use. I've been leisurely reconfiguring my FreeBSD 3.1 system now for my work over the course of the day, and am *VERY* pleased with Toshiba as a brand. My only complaint is that the keyboard doesn't have meta-left and meta-right keys (Win keys) at the bottom, and the list key is also uptop. Does anyone know how to configure XKB so that I can make use of those? -Eric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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