From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Oct 27 06:29:41 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18F8843F566 for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:29:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.82.1d4c50005351111.685a60f2f1bb6d4f67447aa530408826@email-od.com) Received: from s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com (s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com [142.0.176.198]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CL1yX1C4vz4NGh for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:29:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.82.1d4c50005351111.685a60f2f1bb6d4f67447aa530408826@email-od.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=email-od.com;i=@email-od.com;s=dkim; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; t=1603780175; x=1606372175; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:message-id:subject:to:from:date:x-thread-info; bh=iJdCuHDGTTSnsf/6aQWW6s71AbLKdV3TmzTa4Gs/oBo=; b=AXQKAC3V8cQwTk/HhhSEUI7Kh/p6fwHwDLnz1cHkzE0xKhyT8v3lSDMXjOkU75/Vp468RJpNleIFn/5WAO8aul6zSp46PqbDmTE3MmO9WdEHh5ZDsQOxqQO2DnxoLN2umYGGub6UPUeEVryHXZj6Jux5jQWmbtCUxVlxiBFt8cQ= X-Thread-Info: NDI1MC45Mi4xZDRjNTAwMDUzNTExMTEuZnJlZWJzZC1xdWVzdGlvbnM9ZnJlZWJzZC5vcmc= Received: from r1.us-east-1.aws.in.socketlabs.com (r1.us-east-1.aws.in.socketlabs.com [142.0.191.1]) by mxsg2.email-od.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:29:31 -0400 Received: from smtp.lan.sohara.org (EMTPY [185.202.17.215]) by r1.us-east-1.aws.in.socketlabs.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:28:00 -0400 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.lan.sohara.org) by smtp.lan.sohara.org with smtp (Exim 4.94 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1kXIUA-0000BD-FF for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:29:34 +0000 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:29:34 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the "better / best " method to multi-boot different OSes natively WITHOUT VirtualBox(es) ? Message-Id: <20201027062934.d0bd53b0192c33a18491b636@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20201027071230.0c60b09b@archlinux> References: <20201024111010.5c867e8540a369b826d26703@sohara.org> <20201025065025.6a13dc89@archlinux> <20201025173321.8adee3e5.freebsd@edvax.de> <20201026153012.0cf46ec8@gumby.homeunix.com> <10e0134ddb726ac78174a63bd20ec0bdeb3c896d.camel@riseup.net> <20201026180155.48690495@archlinux> <20201026230836.5cd9e0dc@gumby.homeunix.com> <20201027071230.0c60b09b@archlinux> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4CL1yX1C4vz4NGh X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=email-od.com header.s=dkim header.b=AXQKAC3V; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of 4250.82.1d4c50005351111.685a60f2f1bb6d4f67447aa530408826@email-od.com designates 142.0.176.198 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=4250.82.1d4c50005351111.685a60f2f1bb6d4f67447aa530408826@email-od.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.96 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[email-od.com:s=dkim]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[142.0.176.198:from]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[sohara.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.98)[-0.984]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.96)[-0.962]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:142.0.176.0/20]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[email-od.com:+]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.31)[-0.314]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[142.0.176.198:from]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[steve@sohara.org,4250.82.1d4c50005351111.685a60f2f1bb6d4f67447aa530408826@email-od.com]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7381, ipnet:142.0.176.0/22, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[steve@sohara.org,4250.82.1d4c50005351111.685a60f2f1bb6d4f67447aa530408826@email-od.com]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:29:41 -0000 On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 07:12:30 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > If multi-boot means that the OP just wants to test a few operating > systems or seldom wants to use different operating systems, than a hot > swap drive bay and/or drives in external enclosures and/or even USB > sticks, SD cards etc. make sense. "Really" often used operating systems > are better a part of desktop PC and aren't treat by a games console > cartridge approach. If the OS is really often used then it would probably make more sense, and be far more convenient, to have it available in a VM than to multi-boot. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith