Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:10:56 +0100 From: Marco Calviani <marco.calviani@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation of Freebsd on external hard drive Message-ID: <da5cd1900511150210v5dc0198dl@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4378F0D2.7080908@computer.org> References: <da5cd1900511120447i304b4873r@mail.gmail.com> <4378F0D2.7080908@computer.org>
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Hi Eric, thank you very much for your help. I'll have a look if my BIOS settings enable me to boot from there. I'll post here any successes! Thanks again, MC 2005/11/14, Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org>: > > Marco Calviani wrote: > > Hello freebsd-mobile, > > i'm a quite experienced Debian laptop user using an Acer Travelmate > 8005. I > > would like to install freebsd on an external USB or Firewire HD and > choose > > which OS use at startup (maybe within the GRUB loader). However i'm a > BSD > > newbie. > > Could you give me some hints on how to perform this task? What option > should > > i choose for the bootloader? > > > > I've installed it on USB keys and external USB drives with no problem. > > Since I was only using those for experimentation, I never modified my > boot loader. My BIOS provides a boot menu for selecting the boot > device, of which "external USB device" is an option. I found this > cleaner, since when not using those devices I do not have to go through > the FreeBSD boot menu. > > Hints? > For my situation... I booted from the CD. When asked to slice and > partition my disk... I chose the external USB device. I selected the > 'standard boot loader'. Then the rest of the magic is handled by my BIOS. > > Don't know if that helps you much. > > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > MC > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > -- > Regards, > Eric > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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