Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 21:47:14 +0100 From: arden <arden@nildram.co.uk> To: Gilbert Laprise <gilbert.laprise@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to install FreeBSD on 2nd removable UltraBay Drive of a Dell600 NoteBook Message-ID: <1091911633.2889.0.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4115287F.6040802@videotron.ca> References: <4115287F.6040802@videotron.ca>
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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" >
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