From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 15 17:54:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 804DA16A4EF for ; Sat, 15 May 2004 17:54:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp-send.myrealbox.com (smtp-send.myrealbox.com [192.108.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85A8243D31 for ; Sat, 15 May 2004 17:54:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from azamshul@myrealbox.com) Received: from [221.115.36.162] azamshul [221.115.36.162] $ on Novell NetWare via secured & encrypted transport (TLS); Sat, 15 May 2004 18:54:33 -0600 Message-ID: <40A6BC2C.2030501@myrealbox.com> Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 09:56:12 +0900 From: Azamshul Azizy User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (Windows/20040502) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <200405151844.i4FIi6jY033113@fire.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: <200405151844.i4FIi6jY033113@fire.jhs.private> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Sony or Dell? Or stick with Toshiba? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 00:54:33 -0000 Julian Stacey wrote: >>off with Toshiba, which has been known to be 'other OS friendly'? > 2 Toshibas I've known have been not friendly: Only way into BIOS > was via a DOS floppy. No Ctll Alt Del, Alt F2 ! Not what I call > `friendly', (but one did run FreeBSD, other was not mine to try). I second this. I own a Toshiba Satellite 5005-S504, and there is no access to the BIOS, other than choosing the boot medium. There is a system password function, but it can only be changed by Toshiba's own software that currently run only in "the other OS". -stable boots fine, but ACPI is buggy. Sound didn't work, and I'm still tring to get it to squeek for almost a year now. If someone has any success with this laptop's audio, please inform me. Other than that, it's a fine Redmond-centric laptop. -current's default kernels provided in the .iso won't boot and I can't find enough time to play with it. I see IBM Thinkpads have a lot more success stories. But if only they could make it cheaper, I would have had a better FreeBSD life. Azamshul Azizy part-time rock star