Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:54:00 +0800 From: Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com> To: freebsd-questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: boot loaders and USB devices Message-ID: <4B85BC18.5000300@comclark.com>
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My PC does not have the BIOS option to boot from USB. I use an USB cabled external hard drive for taking backups. It has FreeBSD installed on it which I want to boot from so the motherboard cabled hard drive file systems are un-mounted during the dump. This USB drive will only be attached to do backups. I also have a USB stick containing a Freebsd install used to clone itself to the motherboard cabled hard drive. Since the BIOS will only boot from the motherboard cabled hard drive can I install a boot loader to gain boot access to my seldom connected USB devices? I reviewed the grub port but with no joy. What do you recommend?
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