Re: Considering AMD64 laptop

[Bryan Berch <dfbsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:

> :Ended up with an HP tower with an AMD64 and DragonFlyBSD runs fine on it.
>
>    What model HP ?
>  

Desktop
HP Pavilion a530n
Athlon64 3200+ (2GHz)
Networking I can't answer, never done it.
The 9-in-1 card reader will read my sans disks from my camara.

> .
>
>    The main things to try are:
>
>    * network
>    * USB
>    * firewire (if it has it)
>
>
>
>    If you remember the model number sfor the Gateway and Compaq
>    please post them so I can create an appropriate annotation
>    in the document I'm building.
>  

Compaq R3306US

This is the one that wouldn't boot a normal iso and you did the one to 
get past the keyboard.
It would boot with that iso, but the laptop's keyboard would not work 
after boot.  If a usb
keyboard was attached and then booted the usb keyboard would work, but 
could not get the
laptops keyboard to work even then.

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Gateway 7422GX (AMD64 3400+) I hope to install this weekend as a dual 
boot till I am sure it
all works and I can learn enough to set-up a network.

Specs here: https://www.gateway.com/home/products/ret/ret_7422gx.shtml

Running the live cd

ifconfig recognizes:
vr0
fwe0

Card reader reads Sans Disks from camara
USB cordless mouse works
Read and write to SanDisk USB cruzer mini

Has firewire, but not tested.

> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>  
Any more info needed I'll try to answer.

Bryan