Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:16:45 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot from usb hd Message-ID: <20040320191645.37576cb2.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <opr454d1uer1k5qp@postman.arcor.de> References: <opr454d1uer1k5qp@postman.arcor.de>
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On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:07:03 +0100 David Bauer <davidbauer@arcor.de> wrote: > how can I boot FreeBSD from an external USB drive if the BIOS does not > support this ? Short answer; you can't. > Is it possible to boot some kind of mini kernel from floppy, which > makes the USB drive visible and than boot the FreeBSD kernel from the > USB drive ? I experimented a bit but so far without success. This might be doable. You will need a modified bootloader that has support for USB drives (usb + umass?). I don't know if anyone have done this, particularly since the bootloader don't have room for a lot of (extra) drivers. I think you have a lot of work ahead of you. If your machine have a CD-ROM drive that you can boot from, you could try with a FreeBSD live-cd (for example FreeSBIE). Another way that might work would be to netboot the machine, and use the netbooted kernel to mount the partitions from you usb drive. This requires a machine to hold the netboot configuration, and a network. Hope this helps. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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