From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 27 04:06:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 33FDB16A420 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:06:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0A6843D49 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:06:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s7so517811wxc for ; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:06:33 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=a2qFRpSxJPQCSlcfDNa1Wm5557MYKE8PXUgdtlQu+HBlkrazHsvZbTbfRSY8YQ+0SpaxFBZIapXoPNJTxV7ZD8O2ln/LGKSXq8ctyfdgVKtkAF/eitRy/JZUsXuvdzBJSdt/zfXWO3XyREZs2dF9Aw7/G7CtSC2Z33fOmvwj2NE= Received: by 10.70.109.18 with SMTP id h18mr1999098wxc; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:06:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.65.9 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:06:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:06:33 -0600 From: "Nikolas Britton" To: "Dmitri Pisarev" In-Reply-To: <4402145F.7050602@mail.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <440168D2.2090208@mail.ru> <4402145F.7050602@mail.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cloning freebsd from desktop to laptop computer. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 04:06:34 -0000 On 2/26/06, Dmitri Pisarev wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > > >On 2/26/06, Dmitri Pisarev 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 m= y > >>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 > > > > > Thank you for the reply! > I have already been replacing my HDD once, and it's a real problem for > me to disassemble it, takes hell of a lot of time, so I would like to > avoid it. > So, is there a way to clone partition from one system to another and > make it work? > Also, does anyone know, will my laptop netboot(PXE or smth?) from Xircom > 100/10 PCMCIA adapter? Will the BIOS let you do this? > Here's a list of posible ways I'm considering to installing freebsd on > to my laptop: > 1)Buy the toshiba floppy drive(difficult to find in russia...). Any USB Floppy Drive should work. > 2)Boot over the network. > 3)Pull the drive out and install BSD on the desktop. > 4)Clone partition somehow?? > 5)Any other way? I know how to install Linux without booting up, is the > same posible with FreeBSD? How do you do it with Linux?... and re-explane how you tired to do it with FreeBSD. -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/