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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!enews.sgi.com!chronicle.mti.sgi.com!orac.mti.sgi.com!meric From: meric@orac.mti.sgi.com (Eric McCaughrin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Will it run on a portable? Date: 16 Nov 1995 06:58:06 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 15 Message-ID: <48endv$d0a@chronicle.mti.sgi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: orac.mti.sgi.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1509 comp.os.linux.misc:71205 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1346 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9107 I've got my eyes on a portable computer (Pentium-based). Has anyone had success installing one of the IBM-compatible UNIXes on a portable (Linux,netBSD,BSDI,freeBSD,etc)? The newest portables seem to be based on the PCMCIA bus and from what I've read in the web pages, this bus is not supported. I'm also worried about the internal CD-ROM drives portables come with. Thanks, Eric McCaughrin meric@mti.sgi.com -- Eric McCaughrin "There's no such thing as meric@mti.sgi.com bad weather -- just bad http://reality.sgi.com/employees/meric_mti clothing."