Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 17:18:55 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Compaq Presario 1700 (1714EA) .. any experience Message-ID: <20020307161855.GB4680@raggedclown.net>
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Hello, Has anyone successfully got FreeBSD running on one of these ? I have one that has to be left dual bootable with Windows XP. Being a Compaq I think it has one of these "secret" partitions where Compaq keep BIOS information. Of particular interest it also has one of these ..cannot remember what they are called, but a slot on the side that can hold a CD/DVD drive or a Floppy Drive, and you can just willy nilly change them over as required (XP has some facility in it to safely turn off the device and then enable it again when you change from CD to Floppy say). Can FreeBSD handle this ? The technology that enables it I am clueless about. Also can BSD handle the touch pad/mouse thing - I believe it looks internally like some kind of PS/2 mouse. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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