Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 18:52:57 +0100 From: tonyc@compnews.co.uk (Tony Clark) To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Compaq Contura 486 laptop Message-ID: <23931.9604201752@padua.compnews.co.uk>
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I would like to install FreeBSD on my laptop cause i need a much much more stable operating system that Windows 95/OS etc etc.... And been a Unix System Administrator UNIX is the answer :) I have already used/installed/running a freebsd box at our site (as the news server (nntp)) - so i usderstand its pros and cons etc. The following question i need to ask is really compatibility options for freeBSD on my system, i don't want to install FreeBSD to find it doesn't work correctly or that a device on my system is unsupported. With freebsd on a Stand alone PC its easy to purchase the relevant cards that are supported but when you have a laptop its not so easy. Any Advice would be much appricated. QUESTION: Will my laptop support freebsd 2.0.1 ? If not what external devices might i have to purchase ? IBM PCMCIA ethernet controller ? Different PCMCIA modem ? thanx in advance ? ------ MACHINE: Compaq Contura 410C 486 colour laptop Disk Drives:- Generic IDE Disk Type 65 Generic NEC Floppy Disk Display Adaptor:- Western Digital Floopy Disk Controlers:- Compaq Floppy Disk Controller Hard Disk Controllers:- Compaq disk controller Keyboard:- Standard 101/102-Keyboard Modem:- PCMCIA Worldport Miracom 14400 (generic AT command set modem) Monitor:- Laptop Display 640x480 Mouse:- Compaq Internal Trackball (PS/2) Network:- PCMCIA Xircom CE2 Proformance series Ethernet Adaptor PCMCIA Socket:- Compaq PCMCIA Controller Ports (COM & LPT):- Communications Port (COM1) ECP Printer Port (LPT1) System Devices:- Advanced Power Management support Direct memory access controller Motherboard resources Numeric Data processor Plug and Play BIOS Programmable interrupt controller System Board System Board extension for PnP BIOS System CMOS/real time clock System Speaker System Timer (this information was gathered via device control under Windows95) -- Little Tony........ [4mSystems Administrator[0m ([1mPA[0m Data Design)
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