From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 22 15:32:16 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3315E106566B for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:32:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erich@alogreentechnologies.com) Received: from alogreentechnologies.com (alogreentechnologies.com [67.212.226.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568A88FC19 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:32:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from amd620.ovitrap.com ([49.128.188.2]) (authenticated bits=0) by alogreentechnologies.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id q1MFWAvA023318; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:32:12 -0700 From: Erich Dollansky Organization: ALO Green Technologies Pte Ltd To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:32:15 +0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/8.3-PRERELEASE; KDE/4.7.4; amd64; ; ) References: <20120221223326.9EAE51065814@hub.freebsd.org> <20120222140412.GA10673@manul.langhans.com.pl> In-Reply-To: <20120222140412.GA10673@manul.langhans.com.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201202222232.15911.erich@alogreentechnologies.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:26:33 +0000 Cc: herbert langhans Subject: Re: Installation troubles 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: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:32:16 -0000 Hi, On Wednesday 22 February 2012 21:04:12 herbert langhans wrote: > Hi Daemons, > yesterday I tried to install FreeBSD 9 on my 'new' laptop - an IBM X31. > > Since this model has no CD or floppy drive I copied the memstick-file to > such an USB-thing and tried to boot. The laptop freezes when the kernel > scans for the UBS-ports, booting impossible. > > Now my question: can I take the harddisk out, install FreeBSD 9 over > another laptop (with the X31-harddisk inside) and put the installed > harddrive back to the X31? Is there anything else besides the rc.d-stuff > what will/will not get installed if I use the 'wrong' computer? > > The old hd-cotent will be deleted, the new laptop will only be FreeBSD. > > All ideas welcome, thank you > herb langhans > I did this several times before but I used to connect the hard disk via USB. Just get an USB case for the disk. It is much easier this way as you keep one notebook intact. You have to check the drives in fstab and rc.conf. If I remember right the rest was ok. Erich > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >