Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:42:35 +0100 From: "Manfred Riem" <mriem@win.tue.nl> To: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: boot from usb hd Message-ID: <20040320184238.B41488C20@svbcf02.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <20040320191645.37576cb2.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Hi there, Just a question related to this issue. I have a new laptop and because of development issues I cannot scrap the Windows install :(. Anyway, my laptop has the ability to boot from a USB device, so what would you recommend in this case? Regards, Manfred Riem mriem@win.tue.nl http://www.riaca.win.tue.nl/ > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of > Torfinn Ingolfsen > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:17 PM > To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: boot from usb hd > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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