From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 22 16:20:06 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC518106564A for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:20:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 548B88FC15 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:20:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbdq11 with SMTP id dq11so185496wgb.31 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:20:04 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of illoai@gmail.com designates 10.180.92.71 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.180.92.71; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of illoai@gmail.com designates 10.180.92.71 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=illoai@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=illoai@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.180.92.71]) by 10.180.92.71 with SMTP id ck7mr46018141wib.3.1329927604087 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:20:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=/zmrbFuB2FPjNBEsMzJbseGcWyz8ZJ4+1I41onqCK94=; b=UCBZ7BBoCNYJmfW2FsRDknoQ+25poSDScJ79aL7qF6QBXBtosA5lSAg8w4Oc0kAYu+ lxJPnUhc8EZcf6uEpKKGanssl/6hB34Nt9hbxFdew+mAS/RN52A1kq0Q9SmrrrqsayqP lE4d93H7ETpd5RhrSH1CEbIhkpvpz5AmFNzc0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.92.71 with SMTP id ck7mr38031648wib.3.1329927604022; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:20:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.217.5.142 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:20:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120222140412.GA10673@manul.langhans.com.pl> References: <20120221223326.9EAE51065814@hub.freebsd.org> <20120222140412.GA10673@manul.langhans.com.pl> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:20:03 -0500 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: herbert langhans Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation troubles X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:20:07 -0000 On 22 February 2012 09:04, herbert langhans wrote: > Hi Daemons, > yesterday I tried to install FreeBSD 9 on my 'new' laptop - an IBM X31. > > Since this model has no CD or floppy drive I copied the memstick-file to > such an USB-thing and tried to boot. The laptop freezes when the kernel > scans for the UBS-ports, booting impossible. > > Now my question: can I take the harddisk out, install FreeBSD 9 over > another laptop (with the X31-harddisk inside) and put the installed > harddrive back to the X31? Is there anything else besides the rc.d-stuff > what will/will not get installed if I use the 'wrong' computer? > > The old hd-cotent will be deleted, the new laptop will only be FreeBSD. " http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X31 " has a lot of good advice, though it tends to be a bit more linux-centric. I bought a cheap ATA -> USB adapter that had a lap-top style 44-pin connector (in addition to the usual 40-pin IDE) and installed i386 on an old X40 from a running copy of amd64 (make TARGET_ARCH=i386 buildworld make TARGET_ARCH=i386 installworld DESTDIR=/mnt/x40disk &cet after setting up and mounting the proper partitions) It worked fine, outside of the flaky intel 2100 wireless chip. -- --