From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 27 16:19:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB2E216A420 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:19:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2370243D6E for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:19:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nikolas.britton@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s9so591256wxc for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:19:20 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=keyHrO6ZiadRkL7WypedrzmWQV70T6z1QhuvkgerqOPLsEvtAN6y1IFf9jDLQffOw9CaudDjR02RRRRQjToE7YGNpZxB3HU9XfS48/oIWoVjzJaJ0kreNtpJjBxgCTjxJKTrOyreJactIXkFXkLJTlEadYnBDe6AzYGqWcjW0w4= Received: by 10.70.109.18 with SMTP id h18mr2578051wxc; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:19:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.65.9 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:19:20 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:19:20 -0600 From: "Nikolas Britton" To: "pobox@verysmall.org" In-Reply-To: <4402D660.7070003@verysmall.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <440168D2.2090208@mail.ru> <4402145F.7050602@mail.ru> <4402D660.7070003@verysmall.org> Cc: Dmitri Pisarev , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cloning freebsd from desktop to laptop computer. 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: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 16:19:25 -0000 On 2/27/06, pobox@verysmall.org wrote: > Dmitri Pisarev wrote: > > Nikolas Britton wrote: > > > >> On 2/26/06, Dmitri Pisarev wrote: > >> > >> > >>> I've got laptop Toshiba Portege 3480CT(no floppy, no CD-ROM, no booti= ng > >>> 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 deskto= p, > >>> and BootMagic on laptop, could that be a problem? > >>> any help or suggestions are appreciated. > > I had the same problem (ThinkPad X30) - which I solved in a great way > with VMware (www.vmware.com). Speed of FreeBSD is about 80% compared to > native installation and stability is so far (2-3 months) rock solid. > > You can do a minimal install within VMware, then mount the desktop drive > (via the network) and do dump/restore. > Better yet... use pqmagic to resize / setup the disk (if not already done). Then in Windows Install and run VMware Workstation 5: Click on File > New > Virtual Machine. Click Next. Select Custom. Click Next. Select Other, Version: FreeBSD Click Next. Click Next. Click Next. Click Next. Select Use a physical disk. Click Ok Select Usage: Use individual partitions Select Partition you want FreeBSD installed on. Click Finish. ------ Click on "Edit virtual machine settings" Select "CD-ROM (IDE 1:0)", Change "Connection" to "Use ISO Image" (If "CD-ROM (IDE 1:0)" is not in the list then click on Add, Next, "DVD/CD-ROM Drive", select "Use ISO image") Click on Browse Find and Select: 6.1-BETA2-i386-disc2.iso ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.1/6.1-BETA2-i386-disc2.= iso Click on ok. Click on "start this virtual machine". Install FreeBSD. (select "use boot loader" when asked) FreeBSD should now be installed on your disk. Reboot and Configure BootMagic, pointing it to FreeBSD partition. Boot into FreeBSD. -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/