FreeBSD & HP Laptop?
Bob
bob.middaugh at comcast.net
Fri Jul 14 13:40:54 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 06:36 +0000, Marwan Sultan wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I recently bought HP laptop dv5178us Media Center
> It has builtin BlueTooth, wireless network device, lightscribe, and the
> VGA is
> nVIDIA GeForce GO 7400 512mb, s-video, some others 2,
> I'm not sure from motherboard specs,
> I want to format the XP media center edition and install FreeBSD 6.1R with
> kde3
>
> I wonder if someone can advice me and tell, if this specifications is
> compatiable with freebsd
> or not, or if i will have any problems with any devices drivers?
>
> I have a button on my keyboard that if pressed will turn the bluetooth and
> wireless network on
> and off, is this will work to with fbsd 6.1?
>
> I'm sorry If i will take from someone time to check my specs.
>
> Here is a link may help.
> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocumentcc=us&docname=c00619266&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
>
> its the specs for the laptop.
>
> Thank you so much in advance.
>
> Marwan Sultan.
>
Maybe this gets you started:
http://www.zapatec.com/freebsd/laptop/
http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile
http://bsdlaptops.org/freebsd/fbsd.php
Bob
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