Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:02:03 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD on an external (usb) hard drive? Message-ID: <20061012220203.b203cacd.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20061008032416.dbd08821.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> References: <20060930033359.f40f65a8.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20061001203849.f4cc9cd8.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20061002204114.8e18b8d0.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20061008032416.dbd08821.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 03:24:16 +0200 Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote: > On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:41:14 +0200 > Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> wrote: > > > I guess it is (another) bios problem on the Acer Aspire AS5672. > > Interestingly, the NetBSD boot loader boots NetBSD fine from an usb > hard drive on the AS5672: http://tingox.googlepages.com/as5672_netbsd It (the NetBSD boot loader) also boots OpenBSD fine from an external hard drive, see http://tingox.googlepages.com/as5672_openbsd However, when I try to boot FreeBSD 6.2-beta2 (installed on slice 3 on that external usb hard drive), it fails again. Is there a problem somewhere in the initial boot of FreeBSD which makes boot from an usb hard drive impossible? -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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