From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 15 11:40:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from jake.akitanet.co.uk (jake.akitanet.co.uk [212.1.130.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E232737B409; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 11:40:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dsl-212-135-208-201.dsl.easynet.co.uk ([212.135.208.201] helo=wopr.akitanet.co.uk) by jake.akitanet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #3) id 15iKMP-0006OY-00; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 19:40:13 +0100 Received: from wiggy by wopr.akitanet.co.uk with local (Exim 3.21 #2) id 15iKMh-0005pY-00; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 19:40:31 +0100 Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 19:40:31 +0100 From: Paul Robinson To: KEPA Cc: chat@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptops & FreeBSD Message-ID: <20010915194031.K3356@jake.akitanet.co.uk> References: <0109151923360C.01165@eu148-227.clientes.euskaltel.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0109151923360C.01165@eu148-227.clientes.euskaltel.es>; from keparena@euskalnet.net on Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 07:23:36PM +0200 X-Scanner: exiscan *15iKMP-0006OY-00*$AK$nH4uYcKSYdidasz7qc6Eu.* Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This really doesn't belong on -chat, so I've cross-posted over to -questions, and I suspect any follow-ups would be best left there. On Sep 15, KEPA wrote: > I'm thinking on buying a laptop. > I know clone laptops origine installation problems with Linux ordinary. > Dell. IBM and Sony are recomended. > Is it the same in FreeBSD? I've had many problems in the past with various laptop installs, but just this week I got FBSD 4.3 onto a Thinkpad 240 without problems. In general, the laptop is not the problem, it's the peripherals you want to use. For example, PCMCIA network cards are notorious (in this household anyway) for getting working if you skimp and buy a 'vanilla' card. I spent a bit extra and got a regular 3com 10/100 card and FBSD saw it and used without any problems at all. So, to answer your question, these days almost any laptop will work, but make sure you're using well-known cards, CD's, etc. and remember that most laptops with internal modems are normally winmodems, the support for which I haven't got working yet. -- Paul Robinson ,--------------------------------------- Technical Director @ Akita | A computer lets you make more mistakes PO Box 604, Manchester, M60 3PR | than any other invention with the T: +44 (0) 161 228 6388 (F:6389)| possible exceptions of handguns and | Tequila - Mitch Ratcliffe `----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message