From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 5 00:08:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D44CC16A4CE for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 00:08:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web51301.mail.yahoo.com (web51301.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.38.167]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7828C43D1D for ; Sun, 5 Sep 2004 00:08:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gooober33-freebsd@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040905000852.51819.qmail@web51301.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [216.23.59.221] by web51301.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 04 Sep 2004 17:08:52 PDT Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 17:08:52 -0700 (PDT) From: BSDjunkie To: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: FreeBSD on external Hard Disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: gooober33-freebsd@yahoo.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 00:08:52 -0000 In my humble opinion: I'd try FreeBSD anyday over Fedora... Though I do love GNU/Linux and will always have a good opinion of it. Redhat distros are not my favorite. I'd much prefer Slackware or Debian. But that's just me... Mark --- Subhro wrote: > The installation to external hard disk is exactly > the same as if you > had another internal drive. Only the external Hard > disk will show up > as da0 and you need to keep an eye on which drive > you are > partitioning. Select to install the Boot Manager in > the MBR when > sysinstall asks for it. alternative you can use a > third party boot > manager like grub but it is not at all recommended. > Refer to the > handbook for the nitty gritty details about how to > go on with the > installation. > > Regards > S. > > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:42:19 +0100, Olivier Renard > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am new to FreeBSD, hence this question regarding > the installation of > > FreeBSD 5.2.1 on an > > external hard disk. I was considering buying a > Maxtor One-Touch (USB and > > FireWire, 80GB) to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on it. I > already have Windows XP > > Pro and > > Fedora Core 2 installed on an Acer TravelMate 803 > CLi (with Intel Centrino > > chip) laptop, but to make things cleaner, I think > it is better to install > > FreeBSD on an external hard disk and to update the > MBR on the TravelMate so > > as to be able > > to boot FreeBSD on the external drive. > > > > I have searched the mailing lists on FreeBSD and > searched Google, but there > > does not seem to be any information on such a > set-up. If anyone has any > > exprerience installing FreeBSD 5.2.1 on an > external hard disk (particulary > > the > > Maxtor HD mentioned above), your help and advice > would be immensely > > appreciated. > > > > Thank you very much > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > -- > Subhro Sankha Kar > School of Information Technology > Block AQ-13/1 Sector V > ZIP 700091 > India > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >