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Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD on an external (usb) hard drive?
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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