Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 14:48:35 +0100 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: Graham North <northg@shaw.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best release for IBM laptop R51 Message-ID: <20060122144835.7367a6c5@localhost> In-Reply-To: <43D2A5AF.4050302@shaw.ca> References: <43D2A5AF.4050302@shaw.ca>
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--Sig_5O58z9QCSCKvSN7CwMboKGY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Graham North <northg@shaw.ca> wrote: > I am planning to load FreeBSD as a dual boot on new IBM laptop. > The model is an R51 which comes with: > Radeon 7500 - video > Intel Pro/1000 NT Mobile > Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG > Integrated Audio > Intel 82802 UltraATA > Can anyone tell me whether the above hardware is all supported and=20 > stable in FreeBSD. I had RELENG_5 installed on my ThinkPad R51 UN0K6GE until two weeks ago when I switched to RELENG_6. =20 It was stable with 5.4 and is stable now. I just updated to get some of the new features. > Should I therefore download 6.0-Release and then just cvsup and > rebuild?? Is this a better option than using 5.4 at this point? I'd skip 5.4. It was good, but 6.0 is even better. Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Sig_5O58z9QCSCKvSN7CwMboKGY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFD0406jV8GA4rMKUQRApaaAKCqW8NUtj6xgSWaTRhZhrY75wrJUACg3aEm oiPlOXbhcdLL6hrY1HcyHLI= =G9ZZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_5O58z9QCSCKvSN7CwMboKGY--
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