On 5/31/06, Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i would like to buy notebook to use with FreeBSD. Not new one, something
like Pentium 200-PII/500 with 64-128MB RAM will be OK, and there are lots
of them available cheaply.
Unfortunately most of them have windows-only hardware.
Does anyone here using such machine successfully with FreeBSD.
successfully means:
1) PCMCIA works
2) disk works with DMA.
3) USB works
4) Network works (if present)
5) X works.
6) ACPI should be number 1 on your list and Just assume everything
before 2001 is broken.
7) Onboard 100Mbit Ethernet is a must.
8) Working dri/drm video acceleration.
9) CD-Rom, that you can upgrade using standard slim-line parts.
10) At least PC100 RAM, 144pin SO-DIMMs.
The first thing you'll want to do with your new used PI/PII laptop is
upgrade it, because it's just too slow... I know... been there done
that. So to save time and money your minimum target should be a PIII
laptop.
A Pentium 100 is so slow that it can't even play mp3's at the command
line... Think about it...
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