Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 20:25:57 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jerry Dunham <jdunham@fc.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, bercikj@musc.edu Subject: Re: Will it work on a Dell latitude XPI-CD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970129202400.25390l-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199701300417.WAA21257@freeside.fc.net>
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On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Jerry Dunham wrote: > > > Will freebsd run on my Dell latitude XPI-CD laptop? Is there a xfree type > > > program that will also run? Thanks for your time. I'm having a heck of a > > > time getting linux on the $5500 laptop. > > > > We've had very good luck getting FreeBSD up on a Dell LX. Not Xwindows, > > just FreeBSD. > > I also have a Dell LX running FreeBSD, due to MUCH help from Greg Lehey. > My intent is to attack getting X windows running on it this coming week- > end or the next. If there's interest, I can report on any success here. > Even if there's no interest, I may be bringing any lack of success here. I think it should work nicely with the 3.2 SVGA driver -- it uses Chips & Tech parts which are very well supported, as opposed to Western Digital and (newer) Cirrus Logic bits. > I've got an XPi also here that would be interesting to attempt FreeBSD on, > but I unfortunately need to keep Win95 on the fool thing to get my e-mail > from the Dell network. Win95 only crashed on me twice today, so I sup- > pose it was a good day. It's crash-of-the-day with my (very crappy, never buy one) CTX laptop and OS/2. And it's not warp's fault -- it'll do it under windoze 3.1 too! > I am interested in hearing of any other success or lack thereof with Dell > notebooks and FreeBSD. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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