Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:40:51 +0100 From: Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@gmail.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of Freebsd on external hard drive Message-ID: <da5cd1900511161340r49393589l@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4378F0D2.7080908@computer.org> References: <da5cd1900511120447i304b4873r@mail.gmail.com> <4378F0D2.7080908@computer.org>
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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. 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 > _______________________________________________ > >
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