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FreeBSD you are using and include as many details of your
hardware as possible.
+
+<sect><heading>FreeBSD on Laptop computers</heading>
+
+<p>Because laptop computers operate under a unique set of constraints,
+ they often behave differently or require more specialized knowledge
+ than their desktop and deskside PC siblings. This section attempts to
+ list the most useful (and current) laptop specific information on the
+ net.
+
+<itemize>
+ <item>Tatsumi Hosokawa's <htmlurl
+ url="http://www.mt.cs.keio.ac.jp/person/hosokawa/freebsd-pcmcia/"
+ name="PCCARD driver"> page.
+
+ <p><htmlurl url="mailto:hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp"
+ name="Tatsumi Hosokawa"> and the BSD Nomads have created a
+ complete subsystem for dealing with PCCARD (PCMCIA) peripherals,
+ from modems to ethernet cards to SCSI adaptors. Much of this work
+ is now part of FreeBSD <htmlurl url="current.html" name="2.2-current">,
+ though more up-to-date experimental code snapshots may be found on
+ this page.
+ </item>
+
+ <item>FreeBSD on the <htmlurl url="http://www.cs.ruu.nl/people/edwin/FreeBSD/"
+ name="Toshiba Satellite Pro 410CDT Notebook">
+
+ <p>Here is <htmlurl url="mailto:edwin.kremer@cs.ruu.nl"
+ name="Edwin Kremer's"> report on using FreeBSD with his Toshiba 410CDT.
+ </item>
+
+ <item>FreeBSD on the <htmlurl url="http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/zenith/"
+ name="Zenith Z-NoteFlex Laptop">
+
+ <p>Nick tells us about life with what he deems to be the ideal laptop
+ for FreeBSD.
+ </item>
+</itemize>
+</sect>
+
<sect><heading>Sample Configurations<label id="hw:configs"></heading>
<p>The following list of sample hardware configurations by no means
constitutes an endorsement of a given hardware vendor or product by
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