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Date:      Sat, 9 Dec 2006 20:31:26 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Todd McNutt <todd@mcnutt.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Which one?
Message-ID:  <20061209201701.B77842@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <000001c71a5b$5c45e8a0$6500a8c0@McLaptop>
References:  <000001c71a5b$5c45e8a0$6500a8c0@McLaptop>

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On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Todd McNutt wrote:

> I am hoping to install BSD on an IBM ThinkPad 600X that I have.  It 
> has not been running the newer Windows and I popped a CD version of 
> Knoppix in it and it works fantastic.
>
> It got me thinking... I had used BSD in the past and I would like to 
> find an OS that I can actually 'install' on the hard drive and just 
> use the computer strictly as a BSD machine.  Do you have a version of 
> BSD Free that will install and run on this machine?

On my PII-233 Thinkpad 600, I've used FreeBSD 5.x and 6.x without 
problems.  Maybe 4.x, too, can't recall.  X11 worked fine.  I didn't 
test any suspend or power save functions.  You can check the FreeBSD 
Laptop Compatibility List at:

http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/

Unfortunately, it seems to have been discovered by link spammers. 
Still, the original information looks intact.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA



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