Recomendation needed

[Wesley Shields]

On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 05:48:07PM +1000, C P wrote:

> I'm installing freeBSD on an old laptop (gateway solo 2200). I've had trouble
> getting the pcmica network card to work at all and was wondering what
> distribution is best for old laptops?
> 
> I'm downloading 4.10 at the moment and will install it soon - but I have doubts
> that my card will be even be picked up at all. Do the new distros (5.*) have
> better support for old hardware?
> 
> Any suggestions appreciated.
> Chris

I believe that 4.x does not support Cardbus cards, though I could be
mistaken.  If your card is cardbus you will have to go with 5.x.

-- WXS