In my humble opinion: I'd try FreeBSD anyday over Fedora...
Though I do love GNU/Linux and will always have a good opinion of it. Redhat distros are not my favorite. I'd much prefer Slackware or Debian. But that's just me... Mark --- Subhro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The installation to external hard disk is exactly > the same as if you > had another internal drive. Only the external Hard > disk will show up > as da0 and you need to keep an eye on which drive > you are > partitioning. Select to install the Boot Manager in > the MBR when > sysinstall asks for it. alternative you can use a > third party boot > manager like grub but it is not at all recommended. > Refer to the > handbook for the nitty gritty details about how to > go on with the > installation. > > Regards > S. > > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:42:19 +0100, Olivier Renard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am new to FreeBSD, hence this question regarding > the installation of > > FreeBSD 5.2.1 on an > > external hard disk. I was considering buying a > Maxtor One-Touch (USB and > > FireWire, 80GB) to install FreeBSD 5.2.1 on it. I > already have Windows XP > > Pro and > > Fedora Core 2 installed on an Acer TravelMate 803 > CLi (with Intel Centrino > > chip) laptop, but to make things cleaner, I think > it is better to install > > FreeBSD on an external hard disk and to update the > MBR on the TravelMate so > > as to be able > > to boot FreeBSD on the external drive. > > > > I have searched the mailing lists on FreeBSD and > searched Google, but there > > does not seem to be any information on such a > set-up. If anyone has any > > exprerience installing FreeBSD 5.2.1 on an > external hard disk (particulary > > the > > Maxtor HD mentioned above), your help and advice > would be immensely > > appreciated. > > > > Thank you very much > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > > > -- > Subhro Sankha Kar > School of Information Technology > Block AQ-13/1 Sector V > ZIP 700091 > India > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"