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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Laptop questions!!??
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 17:56:44 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Marko Schuetz <marko@kiste-5.ki.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>
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Marko Schuetz wrote:
> 
> I would like to install either NetBSD, OpenBSD or FreeBSD on a
> laptop. I would like to do this via FTP using a PCMCIA Ethernet
> card. The questions I have are: Is this possible with all of *BSD? Are
> there differences in PCMCIA support/cards suported? Are there resoures
> on the net that address these and other laptop related issues?

Check out http://www.jp.freebsd.org/PAO

And from the FreeBSD 2.2.1 distribution:
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.1-RELEASE/floppies/boot-pao.flp

This contains special support for many PCCARD types.

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.