Re: Natively Supported Notebook

Hi Joshua, 

you might want to take a look at the FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility List:  
http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/

I am happily using FreeBSD on my Thinkpad T40:  
http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~trep/tsrT40freebsd.html

If you have specific questions about your installation attempts, 
I'll be happy to help if I can (better keep it off the list though).  

Cheers!
Thomas

On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 09:47:25AM -0700, Joshua Lewis wrote:
> Does FreeBSD have any officially supported laptop?
> 
> I have been researching FreeBSD for two years now and I do not know why (I
> have never successfully installed and used the OS. Having tried well over
> 40 times) but I want desperately to use it. Now I know there are going to
> be a lot of *nix veterans reading this thinking “Two years! What are you
> an idiot!”? Well I am not. Just busy with three kids a wife who would
> rather I be with her then in front of the computer. I don’t have the $$ to
> go buy new hardware every time I want to install a new OS and I know my
> problems boil down to unsupported hardware. I have great computers but
> they are not supported. That sucks so badly.
> 
> First system – Current primary desktop
> Asus A7N8X Deluxe (nForce 2)
> XP 2500+
> Onboard LAN (unsupported)
> MSI nVidia Gforce4TI 4400
> 1GB Corsair memory
> 80GB Western Digital Special Edition(not that that is important)
> 
> Second System – Currently sitting on the floor collecting dust
> Abit A7n-MAX2
> ATI 9500 (I think it has been a while since I built that one. Did they
> make a 9500?)
> 512MB (Don’t remember the brand of memory)
> 2 80GB Western Digital Special Edition(not that that is important)
> 
> Third System – Running Windows 2000 as my web server
> MSI K7n420 (nForce 1)
> 512MB (Don’t remember the brand of memory)
> onboard video (nForce)
> onboard LAN (unsupported)
> 
> 
> So I have been trying for the longest time to set up a Server and a
> workstation. I am thinking of purchasing a notebook (I really like the
> Alienware Area 51 notebook) and want to have a dual boot system to run my
> business. My ultimate goal to not need to pay the outlandish MS licensing
> fees.
> 
> Am I on a quest to fail?
> 
> Does anyone have a recommendation (other then a bullet) of a good system
> that I can continue to develop on (I know a notebook is not the best dev
> platform. But I spend so much time on the train with my commute the time
> is just wasted)?
> 
> So there is my scenario. I hope some one has a helpful suggestion. Heck I
> am willing to BBQ up the best ribs you have ever had to anyone in southern
> California willing to come over to help out (not likely I know)
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Joshua
> 

-- 
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
                -- Albert Camus

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