Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:09:10 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Jorge Biquez <jbiquez@icsmx.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation queries Message-ID: <20100424150910.GA45074@orion.hsd1.pa.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <3354964932-1661095567@intranet.com.mx> References: <4BD2D562.1000201@maydias.com> <20100424115327.GA17040@orion.hsd1.pa.comcast.net> <201004241032.14258.mike.jeays@rogers.com> <3354964932-1661095567@intranet.com.mx>
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Hi, Jorge Biquez wrote: > I would like to hear if possible your comments and advice on this > taht's related .. > > What if you have a to have several OS and distros to study or give > consulting and developing services. I have this scenario now and I > guess I have this optios. > > - Extra disk(s) and install there the differnet os I need (FreeBSD > and some Linux distros). > - As mentioned have different small disk with real installations and > change according to needs. IMHO, this is a clumsy way to avoid writing over an existing installed operating system. But, you know what they say about opinions. > - Change my slow machine and have a big one with > a) have the windows needed (for some clients that have that, I am > sorry) and under it run VMWARE or similar and have all the > installations that I need. > b) Have a big mac and do the same with virtualpc or similar (not > sure of the name). > VirtualBox? > Thinking that you are looking to continue learning and you are > offering consulting services where clients have different > instllations. What would you choose of the above, if any? Or what would you do? > FWIW, I run VirtualBox on all of my FreeBSD machines and my Mac for similar purposes. It is much more convenient than carrying around extra disks or obscure disk partitioning. Regards, -- Glen Barber
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