Which one?

[Warren Block]

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Todd McNutt wrote:

> I am hoping to install BSD on an IBM ThinkPad 600X that I have.  It 
> has not been running the newer Windows and I popped a CD version of 
> Knoppix in it and it works fantastic.
>
> It got me thinking... I had used BSD in the past and I would like to 
> find an OS that I can actually 'install' on the hard drive and just 
> use the computer strictly as a BSD machine.  Do you have a version of 
> BSD Free that will install and run on this machine?

On my PII-233 Thinkpad 600, I've used FreeBSD 5.x and 6.x without 
problems.  Maybe 4.x, too, can't recall.  X11 worked fine.  I didn't 
test any suspend or power save functions.  You can check the FreeBSD 
Laptop Compatibility List at:

http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/

Unfortunately, it seems to have been discovered by link spammers. 
Still, the original information looks intact.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA