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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2065 comp.os.386bsd.questions:9304 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!news.ans.net!news.nynexst.com!jalod!hjl From: hjl@nynexst.com (H.J. Lu) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD on a laptop? Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Date: 10 Mar 1994 04:06:26 GMT Organization: Nynex Science & Technology, Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <2lm6c2$ssr@news.nynexst.com> References: <2lkl3g$e8v@homea.ensta.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: jalod.nynexst.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Marc Baudoin (baudoin@ensta.fr) wrote: : Hi, : I want to install NetBSD (current release) with XFree 2.0 on a laptop, : so, before I buy it, I'd like to know which harwdares are supported. : Does anybody have an experience with NetBSD + XFree on a laptop? : Any help would be appreciated. If you want the network, you may want to also put Linux on your notebook if you have a PCMCIA type II slot. You can buy yourself a PCMCIA D-Link DE650 ethernet card, which you can get for less than $200. When you want to connect to the network, you can boot Linux :-(. It is a thrill to see my notebook on the Internet :-). H.J.