Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 23:57:05 +0000 (UTC) From: doug@safeport.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the "better / best " method to multi-boot different OSes natively WITHOUT VirtualBox(es) ? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2010272340090.72530@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <20201024123148.4929fb9e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <CALMiprbGBaSJQUAA=1HDZAjvsVNK7dqB_5mBb5DKzV16F3hxHg@mail.gmail.com> <20201024123148.4929fb9e.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, 24 Oct 2020, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 24 Oct 2020 02:51:25 -0700, TheBigBlue Guard wrote: >> Yes ...everyone...What is the "better /best and least expensive " method(s) >> to mult-boot different OSes natively WITHOUT virtual boxes like VirtualPC >> or DOSBox etc. I was seriously thinking about mult-booting 5-6 different >> operating systems including freeBSD..... > > Depends. On sooo many things... ;-) > > Is your computer using BIOS or UEFI? Do you have MBR or GPT > partitions in place? Shall the different systems be aware of > each other? Is it intended for them to share resources? > > If you can answer with "yes", "yes", and "let's see", the > following article is probably quite helpful for you: > > https://github.com/bourne-again/TripleBoot-UEFI > > For this to be valid, I simply assume that you have a sufficiently > recent PC that no longer uses a BIOS, and you will prepare your > disks using GPT. Those are a lot of assumtions, though. And as I > said initially, there is no definite answer, because the question > contains too many variables. Does not compute. :-) > Great link - thank you. I am generally only interested in dual booting a new laptop. I suppose booting from a usb might be feasible but I have enough trouble making sure I have the charging stuff, a network extender, and ethernet cables without adding to that. For me, if I hit any issue with a desktop its bye-bye winders assuming I thought about keep it. I would be interested in opinions on the best hard disks. I agree here you get what you pay for. I have two NAS appliances with Western Digital. On the older one two disks have gone bad in what seems to me not that long.
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