From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 20 10:42:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2442E16A4CE for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 10:42:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from svbcf02.win.tue.nl (svbcf02.win.tue.nl [131.155.71.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7D3E43D1F for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 10:42:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mriem@win.tue.nl) Received: from SENSEI (v169.vpn.tue.nl [131.155.212.169]) by svbcf02.win.tue.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B41488C20 for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:42:38 +0100 (MET) From: "Manfred Riem" To: Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:42:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Thread-Index: AcQOqf2W88U+51WJRAyPtHX+3B5zUAAAL+Vw In-Reply-To: <20040320191645.37576cb2.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Message-Id: <20040320184238.B41488C20@svbcf02.win.tue.nl> Subject: RE: boot from usb hd X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:42:40 -0000 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 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" >