Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:37:20 +0100 From: "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org> To: Dmitri Pisarev <dimaip@mail.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cloning freebsd from desktop to laptop computer. Message-ID: <4402D660.7070003@verysmall.org> In-Reply-To: <4402145F.7050602@mail.ru> References: <440168D2.2090208@mail.ru> <ef10de9a0602260819o73415255l6d3fe02f67cd6580@mail.gmail.com> <4402145F.7050602@mail.ru>
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Dmitri Pisarev 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. I had the same problem (ThinkPad X30) - which I solved in a great way with VMware (www.vmware.com). Speed of FreeBSD is about 80% compared to native installation and stability is so far (2-3 months) rock solid. You can do a minimal install within VMware, then mount the desktop drive (via the network) and do dump/restore. Iv
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