Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 16:21:50 -0500 From: "Douglas B. Quayle" <dquayle@slk.com> To: GregoryC@stcinc.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Laptop compatibility Message-ID: <387658EE.EEE929EA@slk.com> References: <387645EA.140B53C1@stcinc.com>
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I have a Dell Inspiron 7000, 128 Mb RAM, DVD-ROM, 8 Gb HD. FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE ran fine on it, but I had some trouble getting support for the video card (an ATI Rage of some sort) for XFree86. I ended up purchasing a commercial X server. However, I believe that XFree86 now supports the chip set used in the Dell I7k, but I'm not positive. I would advise you to pay careful attention to what PCMCIA Ethernet cards and modems are supported, because that is what gave me the most headaches. Again, however, I believe that my Ethernet card, one of the 10/100 cards from 3Com, is now supported in 3.4-RELEASE. I'll find out as soon as the CD gets here. www.xfree86.org is a good place to look for video cards, and www.freebsd.org is a good place to look for other hardware compatibility. Gregory Carvalho wrote: > I am seeking a reference for FreeBSD 3.4R compatibility with laptops > (and all peripherals on the laptop). It may be in the form of > suggestions or on-line references. I am hoping to locate a recent model > with a Pentium III which is compatible. > -- > TIA, > Gregory Carvalho GregoryC@stcinc.com > Simplified Technology Company http://www.stcinc.com > In God I Trust! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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