Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:49:31 +0300 From: Dmitri Pisarev <dimaip@mail.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cloning freebsd from desktop to laptop computer. Message-ID: <4406F7EB.50601@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a0602270819t26f25387kbd6922d71bf608ab@mail.gmail.com> References: <440168D2.2090208@mail.ru> <ef10de9a0602260819o73415255l6d3fe02f67cd6580@mail.gmail.com> <4402145F.7050602@mail.ru> <4402D660.7070003@verysmall.org> <ef10de9a0602270819t26f25387kbd6922d71bf608ab@mail.gmail.com>
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Nikolas Britton wrote: >On 2/27/06, pobox@verysmall.org <pobox@verysmall.org> wrote: > > >>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. >> >> >> > >Better yet... use pqmagic to resize / setup the disk (if not already >done). Then in Windows Install and run VMware Workstation 5: > >Click on File > New > Virtual Machine. >Click Next. >Select Custom. >Click Next. >Select Other, Version: FreeBSD >Click Next. >Click Next. >Click Next. >Click Next. >Select Use a physical disk. >Click Ok > > >Select Usage: Use individual partitions > > Doesn't work. Had to use entire disk instead. >Select Partition you want FreeBSD installed on. >Click Finish. >------ >Click on "Edit virtual machine settings" >Select "CD-ROM (IDE 1:0)", Change "Connection" to "Use ISO Image" >(If "CD-ROM (IDE 1:0)" is not in the list then click on Add, Next, >"DVD/CD-ROM Drive", select "Use ISO image") >Click on Browse >Find and Select: 6.1-BETA2-i386-disc2.iso > >ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.1/6.1-BETA2-i386-disc2.iso > >Click on ok. >Click on "start this virtual machine". >Install FreeBSD. (select "use boot loader" when asked) >FreeBSD should now be installed on your disk. >Reboot and Configure BootMagic, pointing it to FreeBSD partition. >Boot into FreeBSD. > > >-- >BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ >_______________________________________________ >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" > > > > Thank you for the wonderful advice! Had no idea of that feature before! Now everything works as it's supposed to.
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