Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:19:02 -0600 From: "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: "Dmitri Pisarev" <dimaip@mail.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cloning freebsd from desktop to laptop computer. Message-ID: <ef10de9a0602260819o73415255l6d3fe02f67cd6580@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <440168D2.2090208@mail.ru> References: <440168D2.2090208@mail.ru>
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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. The simple way would be to buy a 2.5 to 3.5 IDE adaptor. Pull the drive out of the laptop and put it in your desktop to Install FreeBSD. http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=3D2.5%203.5%20IDE%20Adapter -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/
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