Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:33:59 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Install FreeBSD on an external (usb) hard drive? Message-ID: <20060930033359.f40f65a8.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Hi, Is there a "trick" to installing FreeBSD on an external (usb) hard drive? I have just tried to install FreeBSD 6.2-beta1 (and 7.0-current 200609 snapshot) on an external (usb) hard drive which is connected to a laptop. (Yes, the Acer AS5672 laptop, which have the ability to boot off usb hard drives). Installation went fine, and I installed the FreeBSD boot manager. When I reboot, the boot manager comes up, but as soon as I press "F1", the screen fills with what I think is register dumps (hard to tell, because of the fast scrolling - and pressing "scroll lock" doesn't work) and I must power off the machine to recover. Any hints or pointers thankfully accepted. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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