NetBSD on Netbooks
The following list shows supported hardware when this page was last updated. If you have any updates, please let us know!
| Ethernet | Wireless | Graphics | Audio | Webcam | Suspend to RAM | SD Reader | Hotkeys | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer Aspire One | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 (when suspending from console) | Unsupported | Supported in 5.0 | |
| Acer Aspire One 532h-2588 | Not supported (AR8132) | Not supported (AR9285) | unknown | Supported in 5.1 | unknown | unknown | unknown (ugen0: ENE Flash UB6250, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3) | unknown | |
| Acer Aspire One ZG5 | Supported in 5.1 (Realtek 81xx) | Supported in 5.1 (AR5BXB63) | Supported in 5.1 | Supported in 5.1 | Supported in 5.1 | Supported in 5.1 (with xorg from 5.0) | Not detected when ACPI is enabled | Supported in 5.1 | |
| Asus EeePC 701 | Supported in 4.1 | Supported in 4.0 (with patch) |
Supported in 4.0,
acceleration via
x11/xf86-video-intel
|
Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 4.0 | Supported in 5.0 | |
| Asus EeePC 900 | Supported in 4.1 | Supported in 4.0 (with patch) |
Supported in 4.0,
acceleration via
x11/xf86-video-intel
|
Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 4.0 | Supported in 5.0 | |
| Asus EeePC 901 | Supported in 4.1 | Supported in 4.0 (with patch) |
Supported in 4.0,
acceleration via
x11/xf86-video-intel
|
Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 4.0 | Supported in 5.0 | |
| Asus EeePC 1000H | Supported in 5.1 | Not supported |
Supported in 4.0,
acceleration via
x11/xf86-video-intel
|
Supported in 5.0 | ? | Supported in 5.0 | ? | Supported in 5.0 | |
| Asus EeePC 1000HA | Supported in 5.1 | Supported in 4.0 (with patch) |
Supported in 4.0,
acceleration via
x11/xf86-video-intel
|
Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 4.0 | Supported in 5.0 | |
| Lenovo S10 IdeaPad | Supported in 5.0 | Not supported yet (revision not yet supported by bwi(4) in -current) | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 (needs "machdep.acpi_vbios_reset=0" sysctl) | Supported in 5.0 | ? | |
| Medion Akoya Mini E1210 and other variants of the MSI Wind | Supported in 5.0 | Unsupported (ral on OpenBSD) |
Supported in 5.0, accelleration via x11/xf86-video-intel |
Supported in 5.0 | Recognized but not supported | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 5.0 | Partly supported (OK: webcam on/off, touchpad; Not: sound, brightness) | |
| Panasonic CF-Y7 | Supported in 5.0 | ? | Supported in 5.0 | ? | N/A | Prevented by NIC driver | ? | ? | |
| Samsung NC-10 | Unsupported (new Marvell version) | Supported in 4.0 (with patch; Atheros based) |
Supported in 4.0
acceleration via
x11/xf86-video-intel
|
Supported in 5.0 | Not supported (but recognized) | Supported in 5.0 | Supported in 4.0 | Not supported | |
| Template | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
You can boot your netbook from the network as described in our Netboot HowTo. After that, you can do a normal network install.
The usual steps to reduce power consumption as outlined in our Power Management documentation apply.
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