From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 18 22:25:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0008616A41B for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:25:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from colin.brace@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 785DF13C457 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:25:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from colin.brace@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so1364879fgg.35 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:25:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=iI+KIv0mmDZHsgtOj562eo0Bqg1zW6QuIclHv61NnS4=; b=nOwIKW/ZPLNCm0DhTBP188gD9ubWHZqX2oU9ypMjr6dQp2WBxFmeDydzorlA4m4QDMP/EoUVFbe1qCDMneb7UOm0nmEcOSewwDsogukgDUUTbxI/PkPYJXdnelSqamd7wWvA4CG4n9y/UOkgj/IDUhsQg7DcJMJyjYEOoTAwwSc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=iADrcLf1UP/EgxzESBJwADEqa2e57+bOAw+pyijBYtkFqkDDyo/prHGfEUaCLqeL0YCEtto4uc3LI13i/whgIsEc5ZvWl4bPqJPf9VOKYYt0O8yEj8z56X1GEaBZjwerwknh892MVt2Cr00Abfqhjx8ufOsh8IpfbHx8Bl5/II8= Received: by 10.82.107.15 with SMTP id f15mr6963800buc.0.1200695116527; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:25:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.108.2 with HTTP; Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:25:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:25:16 +0100 From: "Colin Brace" Sender: colin.brace@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080118092711.t7725zf7xckwswck@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <94136a2c0801180110v2e43ea2esc96393c4c3ca56f@mail.gmail.com> <47907A2B.601@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <20080118092711.t7725zf7xckwswck@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 2ec482b9196dc2cc Subject: Re: FBSD or PCBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:25:19 -0000 On Jan 18, 2008 3:27 PM, John Nielsen wrote: > Quoting Robin Becker : > > I have had great success using PCBSD on various acers, I eventually > > got fed up with it being not quite identical to FreeBSD and I now > > have FreeBSD 6.2 on my current acer laptop (a 1680). > I was unable to even boot my Wife's Acer (an Aspire 5520) with FreeBSD > 6.3-pre or 7.0-pre. I'm also pretty sure the Acer wireless is NOT > supported by any native drivers; FWIW, my Acer Aspire 5500Z has Intel 2200 wireless chipset which is supported by FreeBSD and runs FreeBSD and PC-BSD fine. Sounds like Acer laptops don't all have the same wireless NIC... -- Colin Brace Amsterdam http://lim.nl