Hi there,
is there a way to install FreeBSD from an external USB DVD-ROM drive?
I am at a loss of how to do it.
Cheers,
Noah
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I am able to boot and get to the installation utility but when I go to
choose installation media and choose CD/DVD the response is No
CD/DVD devices found!
what can I do about this?
Cheers,
Noah
Noah wrote:
Hi there,
is there a way to install FreeBSD from an external USB
If your system's BIOS will support booting from that drive, select it as
the first boot device.
-Derek
At 05:41 PM 3/10/2007, Noah wrote:
Hi there,
is there a way to install FreeBSD from an external USB DVD-ROM drive?
I am at a loss of how to do it.
Cheers,
Noah
If you boot then exit sysinstall to a prompt, try to mount the external
drive. If you can mount it, then rerun sysinstall and choose to install
from a mounted file system instead.
-Derek
At 05:45 PM 3/10/2007, Noah wrote:
More details:
I am able to boot and get to the installation
how do I identify the filesystem and/or device that the cdrom is considered?
Cheers,
Noah
Derek Ragona wrote:
If you boot then exit sysinstall to a prompt, try to mount the external
drive. If you can mount it, then rerun sysinstall and choose to install
from a mounted file system instead.
if I attempt to exit sysinstall then it says the only other option is to
reboot.
Derek Ragona wrote:
If you boot then exit sysinstall to a prompt, try to mount the external
drive. If you can mount it, then rerun sysinstall and choose to install
from a mounted file system instead.
Usually it is:
/dev/cd0
/dev/cd1
etc, depends on how many optical drives you have.
In sysinstall, you can go to the index of functions and from there execute
the start an emergency shell. That will start the emergency shell so you
can do the manual mount on the other virtual terminal without
