Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:42:45 +0100 From: Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of Freebsd on external (USB) hard drive (using GRUB) Message-ID: <da5cd1900512180042g1e7ba0bct@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200511280218.31226.openbsd.org@fluet.com> References: <20051117120042.139AE16A43D@hub.freebsd.org> <200511280218.31226.openbsd.org@fluet.com>
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Hi Kevin, 2005/11/28, openbsd.org@fluet.com <openbsd.org@fluet.com>: > I'm a little late replying, but I thought I would reply if only for archi= val > searches on this subject. > > I have an Acer C300 TabletPC and the BIOS does not support booting from U= SB. > > This doesn't matter, however, since you can install a boot loader onto th= e > LAPTOP'S hard drive that will boot the USB partitions for you. > > I don't recall if the FreeBSD boot loader does this, but GRUB > (/usr/ports/sysutils/grub) definitely does. > > Here is my grub /boot/grub/menu.lst: > > -------------------------------------------------- > > title WindowsXP > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > chainloader +1 > makeactive > savedefault > > title FreeBSD RELENG-5 > root (hd0,1,a) > kernel /boot/loader > savedefault > > title FreeBSD RELENG-6 > root (hd0,2,a) > kernel /boot/loader > savedefault > > title FreeBSD Portable Disk > root (hd1,1,a) > kernel /boot/loader > savedefault > > title OpenBSD Portable Disk > root (hd1,2) > chainloader +1 > makeactive > savedefault > > -------------------------------------------------- > > As you can see, on the laptop's hard drive (hd0), I have WindowsXP and tw= o > FreeBSD installations. On the USB drive (hd1), I have a non-bootable DOS > partition (no entry but would be entered hd1,0), a FreeBSD partition, and= an > OpenBSD partition. > > I hope this helps some. > > -- Kevin Thanks very much for your hint. I'll keep care of your instructions! Best regards, MC
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