From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 7 20:49:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5170616A4CE for ; Sat, 7 Aug 2004 20:49:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.nildram.co.uk (smtp.nildram.co.uk [195.112.4.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99C5343D49 for ; Sat, 7 Aug 2004 20:49:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from arden@nildram.co.uk) Received: from [10.0.0.6] (81-6-224-130.dyn.gotadsl.co.uk [81.6.224.130]) by smtp.nildram.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA80E253E1A; Sat, 7 Aug 2004 21:49:08 +0100 (BST) From: arden To: Gilbert Laprise In-Reply-To: <4115287F.6040802@videotron.ca> References: <4115287F.6040802@videotron.ca> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1091911633.2889.0.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6-1mdk Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 21:47:14 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd Subject: Re: How to install FreeBSD on 2nd removable UltraBay Drive of a Dell600 NoteBook X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 20:49:17 -0000 how about getting a usb floppy drive ? Arden On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 20:07, Gilbert Laprise wrote: > I have Windows/XP install on my Dell 600 Notebook. Since with that > Notebook I have the option of booting from a removable Ultrabay disk > drive, I would like to install FreeBSD on the second drive. > > The problem is that in order to initiate the installation whether I do > it using FTP, HTTP or NFS, I have to remove the 2nd drive to replace it > with a CD/DVD or Floppy drive to boot and start the install process. It > is during this initial phase that my notebook hardware is detected. > Naturally at that time the 2nd drive is not in the ultrabay, so it is > not detected, but either the floppy or CD/DVD drive is. Once the > sysinstall program is running when I replace my boot device by the 2nd > disk, I don't see the second drive when I try to define the partition. > > I have a local net with a desktop already running FreeBSD and a FreeBSG > 5.1 bootable install CD. Any suggestion how to proceed to install > FreeBSD on the 2nd UltraBay drive of my Dell 600 Notebook. > > Gilbert Laprise > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >