From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 15 10:10:58 2005 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 E5FED16A41F for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:10:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marco.calviani@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 337E843D46 for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:10:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marco.calviani@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 69so1145970wra for ; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:10:57 -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:references; b=JVzP4CJDK4Fk9yEDlO2HUjEZ6Rmgtbv4Nr7iTGvbV9U4AuvD3VrG61dJvTlJN1AUDAoP1vR6Sli8l1Q/XdGtuhqi39+/fjVZeNwCxAzgOeFVzJl/KVeqdDtkdGtT+9eVF+daBNpG2GoN89jiwYPtEar9oj963nLFVVT5YuRgMuk= Received: by 10.65.156.11 with SMTP id i11mr5942694qbo; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:10:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.243.16 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:10:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:10:56 +0100 From: Marco Calviani To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4378F0D2.7080908@computer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4378F0D2.7080908@computer.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of Freebsd on external hard drive 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: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:10:59 -0000 Hi Eric, thank you very much for your help. I'll have a look if my BIOS settings enable me to boot from there. I'll post here any successes! Thanks again, MC 2005/11/14, Eric Schuele : > > Marco Calviani wrote: > > Hello freebsd-mobile, > > i'm a quite experienced Debian laptop user using an Acer Travelmate > 8005. I > > would like to install freebsd on an external USB or Firewire HD and > choose > > which OS use at startup (maybe within the GRUB loader). However i'm a > BSD > > newbie. > > Could you give me some hints on how to perform this task? What option > should > > i choose for the bootloader? > > > > 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. > > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > MC > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >