From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 20 11:38:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9FBE16A4CE for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:38:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sferics.mongueurs.net (sferics.mongueurs.net [81.80.147.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AEEC43D55 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:38:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from david@landgren.net) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (exo.bpinet.com [81.80.147.206]) by sferics.mongueurs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BF0CA934 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 2004 12:38:18 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <41C6B9A9.6030706@landgren.net> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 12:38:17 +0100 From: David Landgren Organization: The Lusty Decadent Delights of Imperial Pompeii User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Windows/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <9a.1c2fb899.2ef7d0f7@aol.com> In-Reply-To: <9a.1c2fb899.2ef7d0f7@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: installing bsd on a laptop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:38:19 -0000 NathanKelly31@aol.com wrote: > hello, do you know of any laptop brands that can run freebsd or openbsd that > is available to purchase??? Available to purchase, I dunno. With older HP laptops I had no success with 5.2, but 4.10 was fine. I haven't tried 5.3 yet. When I say "no success", I meant that the laptop refused to complete the boot of an installation CD. If you can get to a shop, take an install CD along with you. If you can boot up and get as far as the main menu, it'll probably be just fine. David