[ltp] Installing FreeBSD on T60 or similar
Karsten Rothemund
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:39:46 +0200
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Am 26.04.2012 13:18, schrieb Juan Miguel Jimenez:
> Hi guys and girls!
> Have any of you installed FreeBSD on a T60 or similar hardware. I m
thinking of testing it but I m short of time now and I wanted to know if
it is possible or there are many things to fix!
> Thank you very much.
> Greetings
Hi Juan Miguel,
I had installed FreeBSD on a Thinkpad X24 (don't know, how similar this
is). This was some time ago (now I am running Debian on that Hardware).
It was FreeBSD 5, 6 and 7. The update to FreeBSD 8 gave some problems
and I had to decide, if Debian or a full reinstall of FreeBSD (8 then).
I decided to give Debian a try.
Running FreeBSD on the ThinkPad was quite straight forward. No problems
with most of the hardware, but I had not tested WiFi (USB) and I don't
know if suspend (to RAM or to disk) was fully working. On the other hand
I liked the way how the FreeBSd system worked, how it was installed and
updated and the ports system.
I cannot say anything about the current FreeBSD system and about the
nuch more modern hardware of your T60. But I would try. Maybe you can
test a live system on DVD/CD like FREESBIE (http://www.freesbie.org/).
I hope you have success,
Karsten
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Am 26.04.2012 13:18, schrieb Juan Miguel Jimenez:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Hi guys and girls!<br>
> Have any of you installed FreeBSD on a T60 or similar
hardware. I m thinking of testing it but I m short of time now and
I wanted to know if it is possible or there are many things to
fix!<br>
> Thank you very much.<br>
> Greetings </span><br>
Hi Juan Miguel,<br>
<br>
I had installed FreeBSD on a Thinkpad X24 (don't know, how similar
this is). This was some time ago (now I am running Debian on that
Hardware). It was FreeBSD 5, 6 and 7. The update to FreeBSD 8 gave
some problems and I had to decide, if Debian or a full reinstall of
FreeBSD (8 then). I decided to give Debian a try.<br>
<br>
Running FreeBSD on the ThinkPad was quite straight forward. No
problems with most of the hardware, but I had not tested WiFi (USB)
and I don't know if suspend (to RAM or to disk) was fully working.
On the other hand I liked the way how the FreeBSd system worked, how
it was installed and updated and the ports system.<br>
<br>
I cannot say anything about the current FreeBSD system and about the
nuch more modern hardware of your T60. But I would try. Maybe you
can test a live system on DVD/CD like FREESBIE
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.freesbie.org/">http://www.freesbie.org/</a>).<br>
<br>
I hope you have success,<br>
<br>
Karsten<br>
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