Re: Laptop recommendations for 6.x
Nik Clayton <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Kevin Oberman wrote: >> * Suspend to disk doesn't work > > And is not going to until someone writes the suspend to disk software > for FreeBSD. Very few newer laptops do BIOS based suspend to > disk. It's moved to the OS in Windows, so manufacturers don't waste > money doing it any other way. When you say "Very few", do you have a list of those, know where I could find one, or know what I should be looking for (is there a particular standard, for example, that the laptop needs to support?). > Get a cheap Atheros mini-PCI card. It is supported on the T42 BIOS and > works well on FreeBSD. Much cheaper then a new laptop. The laptop's definitely going back -- it's owned by $employer, and I'm moving on to pastures new. N _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"