From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 4 11:02:47 2010 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 E6FC710656A4 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2010 11:02:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from newbsd@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm2.bullet.mail.in.yahoo.com (nm2.bullet.mail.in.yahoo.com [121.101.151.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E17588FC14 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2010 11:02:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [121.101.151.237] by nm2.bullet.mail.in.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Oct 2010 11:02:44 -0000 Received: from [121.101.151.235] by tm2.bullet.mail.in.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Oct 2010 11:02:44 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1004.mail.in.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Oct 2010 11:02:43 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 948770.20597.bm@omp1004.mail.in.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 44455 invoked by uid 60001); 4 Oct 2010 11:02:43 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1286190163; bh=67IB6/XhWYQF82u2qwhjSLXGHetqm4EsGioMMvYHp5c=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=CzbAu4eaL1jENimYq+wg5xYAo5NsLkEoWVXQdkY6CZGsLkZMpQZY9zKaGq8yQV4nzGfp5IAL+TMJFoB9tLHoxN9Lo1MhZc49r3MRpCCBBF8nJO8LIXhQQrAtz9PceuQAwZWxNeDRHVScS8Bj70hO4K0WJQao482xmer6iuD8sbo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rocketmail.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=FZlt0FKUo2kfY738ZMCa24TImjc20OGHvf/TFQmNFAgj6BsNLM5Ykq5Jl5HWr0lSdEdqkKFDg52MtpyBtsE4U36H3ZdLWSAOSKo4YFHHJ/yeLubEP8TxwKBZP2mYofHNoKiKtL6jMKfGy5BJxILzzCAHtoNGxePFHGSstC3P2mQ=; Message-ID: <730287.35835.qm@web95703.mail.in.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: 7j7B.ZMVM1l3x.aAHAuC6eD7UcpTAVa_ZjUhm7EymSNhbPr Wvi9EtbYiJU1N1uG7j2QH4p37VQ2gMGFxYmD156duSCC9VbeaSF5RrbeDLXL vO.NjDJJFCaqroli73QpdnDHbte8X0arzvQvnwBMUeOOpHl2SUn248mHMxrI kiYjOr1WfvbtHj3X0FVGUj69UJiSTuzIiELu.c7PkgmI9lugDnSouagG1a7F upbDiqoVEsvIE Received: from [61.12.14.5] by web95703.mail.in.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:32:43 IST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/11.4.9 YahooMailWebService/0.8.105.279950 Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 16:32:43 +0530 (IST) From: Mbsd Basd To: Odhiambo Washington In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any one with acer 5740 running freebsd ? 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: Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:02:48 -0000 thanks...when i did a google search it comes up with issues of bsd with Ins= yde BIOS. I guess iam overly cautious...time to take the plunge... thanks all.. --- On Mon, 4/10/10, Odhiambo Washington wrote: From: Odhiambo Washington Subject: Re: any one with acer 5740 running freebsd ? To: "Mbsd Basd" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Monday, 4 October, 2010, 9:59 AM On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Mbsd Basd wrote: =0A=0AHi , =0A =0AThis is my first mail to the list. I would like to install free bsd/pcbs= d to my laptop. Primary use is to use it as a multimedia pc and also to use= it to learn about operating systems =0A =0AI tried the pc bsd live cd and it worked fine. I would like to hear any = comments or +experience with install on=A0 acer 5740. =0Aconfiguration is as below:. =0AIntel i5 =0A3gb ram =0AINSYDE BIOS 1.15 =0A320GB hard disk =0ADVD+-RW =0Ab/g/n wireless =0A =0Athanks, If it worked with the LiveCD, it will work when installed!=20 --=20 Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 =0A=0A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _=20 "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0=A0 -- Lucky Dube =0A=0A=0A