Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 23:12:25 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: "Zac M. Speidel" <pepsikid83@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD to Sony Vaio Laptop? Experts.. Please help =) Message-ID: <20020304225651.B96680-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <20020305015748.12971.qmail@web13007.mail.yahoo.com>
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{I had a question related to this inquiry; May I bounce in with it?}
I am considering -- i.e. fantasizing, way down the road from now --
changing from a workstation (PC) to a laptop for my primary (sole) computer
needs. Is there a simple way -- or any way -- what's the easiest, neatest
procedure to transfer everything including the OS as I have tweaked it so
far? I would rather not have to *install* a working copy of FreeBSD on the
laptop then migrate data over.
Is the best bet some sort of boot floppy then a "mv" command or disk-image-
across-network ghosting sort of process? I could hook up the PC and the
laptop via USB or something :) Any notions or stories from the trenches of
anyone who has successfully done this appreciated.
--
Peter Leftwich
President & Founder
Video2Video Services
Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA
+1-413-403-9555
On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Zac M. Speidel wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
> I just recently bought a Sony Vaio Laptop and it has been working great for me, except for one thing.. FreeBSD is not on it.
> The Laptop is a PCG-GR300 1Ghz w/ builtin NIC and Modem (that could be a problem?). What about the mouse pad which is built in on the machine? etc?? I would really like to run both console and X11..
> Any information that you could give me at all would help greatly and I would be very thankful.. Please help :)
> thanks,
> -Zac Speidel (If you reply to this letter, can you please send an email directly to me? I currently dont subscribe to freebsd-questions)
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