Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 15:47:49 -0500 From: Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Has anyone tried this trick? Message-ID: <20031209204749.GK9505@pir.net> In-Reply-To: <20031209150801.H94358-100000@m-net.arbornet.org> References: <bqt8av$jkd$1@sea.gmane.org> <20031209150801.H94358-100000@m-net.arbornet.org>
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Lei Z <lei@m-net.arbornet.org> probably said: > When the laptop hard disk was in the desktop, it worked flawlessly > just like a regular desktop hard disk with every OS I tested with > including DOS, win 98, win2k (no chance to try FreeBSD yet). But > after I put it back to the laptop with installed OS, the partition > was recognized and bootable only when DOS was installed. When the > primary partion was installed with win98, or win2k, the disk is > simply not bootable. I've had this problem with several laptops, ended up doing the original partition setup and a small install on the laptop itself and then removing the disk to do the rest of the install. P. -- pir
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