On 2/26/06, Dmitri Pisarev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > > >On 2/26/06, Dmitri Pisarev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>I've got laptop Toshiba Portege 3480CT(no floppy, no CD-ROM, no booting > >>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 desktop, > >>and BootMagic on laptop, could that be a problem? > >>any help or suggestions are appreciated. > >> > >> > > > >The simple way would be to buy a 2.5 to 3.5 IDE adaptor. Pull the > >drive out of the laptop and put it in your desktop to Install FreeBSD. > > > >http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=2.5%203.5%20IDE%20Adapter > > > > > Thank you for the reply! > I have already been replacing my HDD once, and it's a real problem for > me to disassemble it, takes hell of a lot of time, so I would like to > avoid it. > So, is there a way to clone partition from one system to another and > make it work? > Also, does anyone know, will my laptop netboot(PXE or smth?) from Xircom > 100/10 PCMCIA adapter?
Will the BIOS let you do this? > Here's a list of posible ways I'm considering to installing freebsd on > to my laptop: > 1)Buy the toshiba floppy drive(difficult to find in russia...). Any USB Floppy Drive should work. > 2)Boot over the network. > 3)Pull the drive out and install BSD on the desktop. > 4)Clone partition somehow?? > 5)Any other way? I know how to install Linux without booting up, is the > same posible with FreeBSD? How do you do it with Linux?... and re-explane how you tired to do it with FreeBSD. -- BSD Podcasts @ http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
