Re: FreeBSD on Sony or Dell? Or stick with Toshiba?
Azamshul Azizy <[email protected]>
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Julian Stacey wrote: >>off with Toshiba, which has been known to be 'other OS friendly'? > 2 Toshibas I've known have been not friendly: Only way into BIOS > was via a DOS floppy. No Ctll Alt Del, Alt F2 ! Not what I call > `friendly', (but one did run FreeBSD, other was not mine to try). I second this. I own a Toshiba Satellite 5005-S504, and there is no access to the BIOS, other than choosing the boot medium. There is a system password function, but it can only be changed by Toshiba's own software that currently run only in "the other OS". -stable boots fine, but ACPI is buggy. Sound didn't work, and I'm still tring to get it to squeek for almost a year now. If someone has any success with this laptop's audio, please inform me. Other than that, it's a fine Redmond-centric laptop. -current's default kernels provided in the .iso won't boot and I can't find enough time to play with it. I see IBM Thinkpads have a lot more success stories. But if only they could make it cheaper, I would have had a better FreeBSD life. Azamshul Azizy part-time rock star _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"