From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 20 18:18:48 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBE7B16A4CE for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:18:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.broadpark.no (mail.broadpark.no [217.13.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FFD443D2F for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:18:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no (247.80-202-173.nextgentel.com [80.202.173.247]) by mail.broadpark.no (Postfix) with SMTP id 4226AAB16 for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2004 03:18:47 +0100 (MET) Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 03:16:02 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040321031602.6f72eec6.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20040320184238.B41488C20@svbcf02.win.tue.nl> References: <20040320191645.37576cb2.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> <20040320184238.B41488C20@svbcf02.win.tue.nl> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8a (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq;m"_0v;~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: boot from usb hd X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 02:18:48 -0000 On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:42:35 +0100 "Manfred Riem" wrote: > Anyway, my laptop has the ability to boot from a USB device, > so what would you recommend in this case? I'm not sure if you have a question? If your laptop boots from a USB device, and you have an external harddisk (that is not in use), and you want to try out FreeBSD, - just go ahead and try it. The windows bootloader (2k/xp) can be configured to boot FreeBSD, there are descriptions on how to do this on the net (Google fro them). Note: I haven't tried to boot from a usb-attached disk myself (I'm missing some parts) so I can give you no further advice. Good luck. -- Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway