Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 07:39:07 -0500 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "Greg Black" <gjb@gbch.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Toshiba laptop on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <HLEDJBJKDDPDJBMGCLPPGEIECOAA.otterr@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <nospam-3a5551e8a40ab04@maxim.gbch.net>
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does it really matter? if you get the cdrom, you can make your 2 boot floppies from it! I've got a 330 CDS which is a bit newer than yours and had to use the floppies to get it installed. You can also check out what people have contributed to the FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility Page at http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~dkulp/fbsd/laptop.html. Even though most of the versions mentioned are older, there's still a lot of good info, especially where it lists "notes" - which is where people put the areas they had problems with, and list their workarounds, if any. -Otter p.s. if you want performance with an x11 desktop, don't expect much. keep in mind that most laptop hard drives are slower than many PC drives (4200rpm compared to 5400, 7200, 10k). Add the extra memory if you can afford it. It does make a difference. }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Greg Black }Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 11:48 PM }To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: Toshiba laptop on FreeBSD? } } }A young family member has been offered a cheap used laptop and }wants to know if it will work with FreeBSD. } }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. } }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; and if the thing would be able to run FreeBSD + X11 }successfully. } }Please Cc me with any replies, as I'm not currently subscribed }to the list. } }Thanks in advance for any assistance. } }Greg Black } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message } To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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