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From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: cloning freebsd from desktop to laptop computer.
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On 2/26/06, Dmitri Pisarev <dimaip@mail.ru> wrote:
> I've got laptop Toshiba Portege 3480CT(no floppy, no CD-ROM, no booting
> from USB flash supported etc. 40G HDD) and a desktop computer running
> FreeBSD 6.0(athlon 3200+, WD 80G HDD).
> I need to install freebsd on to my laptop computer.
> The question is, is it posible to copy the freebsd patition to the
> laptop computer somehow, so it would remain bootable? I tried to copy my
> ad0s2(my BSD partition) to ad0s3 on laptop, using dd.exe for windows,
> and all i get is "Boot error". I'm using freebsd bootloader on desktop,
> and BootMagic on laptop, could that be a problem?
> any help or suggestions are appreciated.

The simple way would be to buy a 2.5 to 3.5 IDE adaptor. Pull the
drive out of the laptop and put it in your desktop to Install FreeBSD.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=3D2.5%203.5%20IDE%20Adapter


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