Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:37:27 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Experience with Dell Latitude D620? Message-ID: <45429837.3000402@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200610272236.k9RMa54Z032403@ambrisko.com> References: <200610272236.k9RMa54Z032403@ambrisko.com>
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Doug Ambrisko wrote: > Doug Barton writes: > | Doug Ambrisko wrote: > | > The _2_ version is supposed to be 64-bit. I waiting to get such > | > a laptop from work with a 19.2x12 screen. I will be using > | > it in 64bit mode and compiling for both 32bit and 64bit stuff. > | > Since the other 64bit variants work Celeron etc. I would expect > | > the mobile version to just work. > | > | It does, thanks! My only regret so far is that the nvidia drivers > | don't have a 64 bit version, but the box and video card are fast > | enough so that isn't really a problem. I'm pleasantly surprised that > | so far all of my ports work in 64 bit mode as well. > > That was my experience with the nvidia stuff before :-( > > FYI, it should be trival to jail/chroot 32bit env. on your 64bit host. > > I should merge some of the make/env. bits from -current to -stable. > I'll do it after 6.2 is out. I'm thinking about make a general > purpose way to create an image and jump into it. We have it at > work and as a proof of concept. I created a 32bit environment on > a 64bit host and did port built and package add in there of Linux > stuff. Eeek, I didn't know that linux stuff wouldn't work, thanks. The thing I use it for most often is acroread, what do people use to view pdfs in 64-bit land? I just tried epdfview, and it was about 50% successful. As for your other stuff, I was planning to give qemu a try to run both windows, and other versions of FreeBSD in a 64-bit 7-current host OS. I also like your idea of doing the chroot environment, that might be a lighter weight solution for day to day stuff. Are you going to write up what you've done? Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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