Re: Installing from USB drive

Manolis Kiagias <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.mobile
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Dan Langille wrote:
>>
>> If your BIOS can boot from a USB CD-ROM, you will be able to install 
>> FreeBSD with no problems.
>
> Should.
>
> I've been able to boot from the USB CD-ROM but failed to install:
>
> http://www.freebsddiary.org/thinkpad-x61s.php
>
> FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x both failed.  Eventually I succeeded with a 
> docking station that contained a CD-ROM drive.
>
>
I must have been lucky. All my recent laptops can boot / install FreeBSD 
from USB CD-ROM.  I only need this on the eeePC however. I also have a 
desktop without an internal CD and regularly use the USB CD to install. 
I have not been so lucky with USB hard disks though. They will not boot 
on anything but my most recent machines.

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