Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:30:44 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about hardware support Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112070824410.68831@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20111207142613.GA3142@tinyCurrent> References: <4EDEFACB.3000809@gmail.com> <4EDF620B.9030706@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20111207142613.GA3142@tinyCurrent>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-1097831339-1323271844=:68831 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Wed, 7 Dec 2011, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Wednesday, December 07, 2011 a las 12:54:35PM +0000, Matthew Seaman escribió: > >> Drivers in FreeBSD are generally described in terms of the specific >> components (motherboard chipset, NIC, SATA controller, etc. etc.) rather >> than in terms of a specific whole machine produced by a manufacturer. >> >> Laptops are particularly tricky in this regard, and if no-one else has >> reported on your particular model, generally the best procedure is to >> try booting the device using a USB or CD-Rom image, and see what does >> and doesn't work. > > One good method is to let it boot a recent Knoppix DVD and see what chips it > 'sees'; it will not touch the installed OS; Along those lines, PC-BSD (pcbsd.org) has a live DVD or live USB mode. ---902635197-1097831339-1323271844=:68831--
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