Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 16:01:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: oli@rz-online.net (Oliver Andrich) Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Running FreeBSD on a Toshiba Satelite Pro 4270 Message-ID: <200005302001.QAA88647@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <20000530192614.A3186@mail.rhein-zeitung.de> from Oliver Andrich at "May 30, 2000 7:26:14 pm"
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Well, I've installed FreeBSD and used it, with full-screen X, on a variety of Satellites, including some of the newer ones. I haven't used that model, but I would guess it should run fine with some tweaking. Good luck! ==ml > Hi, > > I am currently deciding what type of OS I will run on my nice new laptop. > Linux runs more or less fine, but the recent Linux distribution are very > strange in the way they install the system. A lot of stuff is installed that I > don't like or need. (Behaves a little bit like Windows in my eyes.) And it > also only supports my graphics card through the rather slow FB device. > > I personally would prefer to run FreeBSD 4.0 on it. The way FreeBSD installs > is the way I like my system to install. I only get what I really want and > need. But my first tries sucked, cause I only get the machine working in a > small console window. No X and no frame buffer device either. > > So I like to ask, if anybody has tried it and hopefully succeded. My > requirements are rather small. I only a full screen console window. X is no > need for me, cause for my tasks it is sufficient to have a nice console. Is it > possible to get this running under FreeBSD? I have searched the web and the > available documentation, but didn't find any hint. > > Hopefully someone might help me. > > Best regards, > > Oliver Andrich > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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