Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:28:22 -0600 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of Freebsd on external hard drive Message-ID: <437C06E6.70404@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <da5cd1900511161340r49393589l@mail.gmail.com> References: <da5cd1900511120447i304b4873r@mail.gmail.com> <4378F0D2.7080908@computer.org> <da5cd1900511161340r49393589l@mail.gmail.com>
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Marco Calviani wrote: > Hi Eric and list, > unfortunately my BIOS (of a Travelmate 8005) does not support boot from USB > devices. > I'll search for some other information that comes from multi-os users. > I''m interested in the answer myself.... Did a little googling, found this (not encouraging) post http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2004-March/003426.html > Thanks again, > MC > > > >>I've installed it on USB keys and external USB drives with no problem. >> >>Since I was only using those for experimentation, I never modified my >>boot loader. My BIOS provides a boot menu for selecting the boot >>device, of which "external USB device" is an option. I found this >>cleaner, since when not using those devices I do not have to go through >>the FreeBSD boot menu. >> >>Hints? >>For my situation... I booted from the CD. When asked to slice and >>partition my disk... I chose the external USB device. I selected the >>'standard boot loader'. Then the rest of the magic is handled by my BIOS. >> >>Don't know if that helps you much. >> >> >> >>-- >>Regards, >>Eric >>_______________________________________________ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- Regards, Eric
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