Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 21:40:53 -0800 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Toshiba laptop on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20010105054058.D9E3C3E02@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net> of "Fri, 05 Jan 2001 14:47:36 %2B1000." <nospam-3a5551e8a40ab04@maxim.gbch.net>
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> It's a Toshiba Satelite Pro 420 CDT with 40 MB memory and a P100 > and a choice of /either/ a floppy or a CDROM. I'm running FreeBSD on a Satellite Pro 415 CS with 24MB of RAM and a P75. Works just fine. > He wants to know if the CDROM version can boot off FreeBSD CDs, > or if he should take the one with the floppy and install from > our LAN; I've never used the CD in mine, let alone attempted to install from it. Personally, I'd go for the one with the floppy. I can't imagine having a workstation without a floppy drive. > and if the thing would be able to run FreeBSD + X11 > successfully. It can run X, but don't expect killer performance out of it. I run it at 600x400 with 4-bit colors (i.e., 16 colors). It isn't terribly impressive, but it suits my purposes (mainly Emacs). Hope this helps Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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