Purchasing new notebook.. Dell Inspiron 2600 work okay with RELENG_4?

Justin Stanford <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
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Hi,

I'm in the process of purchasing a new notebook. The one requirement I
have is that the machine be able to run FreeBSD and that the onboard
10/100 NIC work. The machine that I am considering is a Dell Inspiron 2600
(1.06GHz Celeron, 384mb RAM, DVD-ROM, 20gb, etc).

Is there any reason to be advised against buying this machine, in terms of
compatability with FreeBSD? Is there a chance the DVD-ROM may fail to
operate as a normal CD-ROM in FreeBSD's eyes? I have searched around and
found little to no reference to the 2600 and FreeBSD (It appears to be a
relatively recent model) other than one person who had problems which were
solved by removing EISA from GENERIC.

Many thanks in advance.

Regards,
Justin

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