From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 12 14:59:56 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D86E16A400 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:59:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from greenwood.andy@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F317113C47E for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:59:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from greenwood.andy@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so513990ugh for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:59:54 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=IwQV2MekfrpjxX8Mk7rguS+s1wGktrA8xZVVbplbWmFdj4td9ofZwtmzjdYjwaphgAbo5qCRIzdeyor21fvM83QuxA07on9q69usPhBKnq7mh6urpWq7O12hyxgFDbnCpNbaALtxjyXS8dJmInYE3hIgmDjIIvM70pJTBDTq3+0= Received: by 10.78.203.13 with SMTP id a13mr1110726hug.1171290669844; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:31:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.135.20 with HTTP; Mon, 12 Feb 2007 06:31:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3ee9ca710702120631s739bc7f7ma1b588691985be72@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:31:09 -0500 From: "Andy Greenwood" To: "Zoran Kolic" In-Reply-To: <20070210121754.GA913@faust.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070210121754.GA913@faust.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install on usb hdd X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:59:56 -0000 On 2/10/07, Zoran Kolic wrote: > Howdy! > I tried to install 6.2 amd64 on external usb hdd, but with no result. > It is 2.5 WD and enclosure with two usb connectors for power. The box > is not visible from bios at all, even when I use powered usb hub. Is > it possible to install on external device like this? Product is from > canyon. Should I buy another enclosure or look for internal 3.5 drive? > Note: neither bios nor installation cd see the external drive. What > could I do to have it working? IIRC, you can only install to drives that the bios can see. You could try finding a computer whose bios can see the drive and installing from there. As long as you don't touch the internal drives on that machine, everything *should* be safe. YMMV > > Zoran > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- -- I'm nerdy in the extreme and whiter than sour cream