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Subject: Re: install on usb hdd
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:39:16 +0100
Jost Menke <cyberlab@gmx.de> wrote:

> first of all, I think installation won't be possible with the
> menu-driven installer (sysinstall), so you'll have to do this
> manually (i.e. by using the install.sh scripts on the CD and creating
> rc.conf fstab and the like by hand).

FWIW, *if* the disk is seen by the bios, sysinstall works just fine.
I have two 2.5 inch hard drives here (in usb enclosures) that I have
installed that way.
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Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway