Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:09:20 +0300 From: Dmitri Pisarev <dimaip@mail.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cloning freebsd from desktop to laptop computer. Message-ID: <4402B3B0.4090705@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0602262006i3908640cw26d98b147333fdac@mail.gmail.com> References: <440168D2.2090208@mail.ru> <ef10de9a0602260819o73415255l6d3fe02f67cd6580@mail.gmail.com> <4402145F.7050602@mail.ru> <ef10de9a0602262006i3908640cw26d98b147333fdac@mail.gmail.com>
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Nikolas Britton wrote: >On 2/26/06, Dmitri Pisarev <dimaip@mail.ru> wrote: > > >>Nikolas Britton wrote: >> >> >> >>>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=2.5%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? > > >Do you mean the netcard BIOS or the motherboard BIOS? In system BIOS there's an option to boot from network. I have no idea what booting capabilities(PXE, netboot) my network card supports, 'll try to figure it out somehow. > > >>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. > > Ha! I wish! Portege's only recognise their own booting peripherals as boot devices((( As I was told at least... > > >>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. > > > > >Tool called loading lets you do it. Somebody already has replied. "and re-explane how you tired to do it with FreeBSD." 1)downloaded tool dd for windows. 2)on desktop issued the following: dd.exe if=//?/mydrive_bsdparition(don't remember the syntaxis) of=g:\image.img 3)copy the image file over wi-fi to my laptop. 4)on laptop, use dd once again: dd.exe if=c:\image.img of=//?/mydrive_mydesiredbsdpartition. 5)tried to boot newly copied partition using Bootmagic and got "Boot error". Could Bootmagic be the problem?? > >-- >BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ >_______________________________________________ >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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