Re: questions reagrding freebsd on laptop

Thanks, Mark.

What I concerned was winmodem the most. I want to use
freebsd as desktop instead of linux (Linux file system
is nightmare, even worse than windows). I want to use
it to dial in my isp when i am travelling ...

Seem to me, under linux, http://linmodems.org/ is
doing great job to support winmodem. But, in my
opinon, compare to linux, freebsd has much organized
and clean file structure. i don't see why freebsd
can't be a great desktop station besides a great
server plateform...

_mingo


--- mlholloway <[email protected]> wrote:
> I haven't tried it on that particular laptop, but I
> installed FreeBSD 
> 4.5 on my HP Omnibook XE2 with no problems. I also
> have the 
> Linksys WPC11 Wireless PCMCIA working.  
> 
> As for a CD installation, you have a couple options:
> 
> 1) Download the FreeBSD Mini cd-rom image.  This is 
> approximately 145MB and will give you the core OS
> install.  Once 
> you are up and running, you can install additional
> applications 
> via FTP instead of from CD.
> 
> 2) Download the entire FreeBSDcd-rom images.  This
> gives you 
> the core operating system plus all the ports (ie.
> applications) 
> and XFree86 on CD rather than installing them from
> FTP.  Keep 
> in mind the installation process is identical when
> installing ports 
> whether you choose FTP or CD as the source.  I
> prefer FTP as 
> you can always get the latest version of a program. 
> 
> 3) The last option is to not use a CD but instead
> use two floppy 
> disks and have the installation happen entirely
> through FTP.  
> The floppies are just enough to boot your machine,
> FTP to a 
> FreeBSD mirror site, and download and install the
> operating 
> system.  
> 
> This is one of many great things about FreeBSD -
> FLEXIBILITY!
> 
> Regards,
> Mark
> 
> 
> --- In freebsd-newbies@y..., mingo lu
> <freebiebsd@y...> wrote:
> > Hi:
> > 
> > I need some information before I just into the
> freebsd
> > wagon
> > 
> > 1) Dis anyone here successfully install frfeebsd
> on
> > Toshiba tecra 8100?
> > 2) Did the winmodem work, ie, dial up work?
> > 3) Did Toshiba DVD work?
> > 
> > How amny FreeBsd CDs do I need? someone said one
> (the
> > boot cd) would be enough, someone said that I need
> two
> > ...
> > 
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated ...
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > _mingo
> > 
> > 
> > 
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