From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Aug 30 06:58:52 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 4D4DF3CE4A5 for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2020 06:58:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from mx1.riseup.net (mx1.riseup.net [198.252.153.129]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BfPLy5dMtz4h1r for ; Sun, 30 Aug 2020 06:58:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from capuchin.riseup.net (capuchin-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "Sectigo RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BfPLx1J0jzFmH8 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 23:58:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1598770729; bh=XiQEJwF3zByogoiEUg3SJgkUVBZSngaJZMDOBG4vAR4=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:From; b=Cm4rgDsyjD4gSjQLiB4iwLKdsPukMLVMZtCd23aercmZIQnnR/MXYvfUmARgm7Rx1 e8r2V1NXRxWXqJQyYM/SxcKSc1HsuKApC9a/yAXfcHF5aOsQCCJlkLvYOu7qM4aCHZ DRWBjFTQutOjQ6kTDBJK1K7CG28q/amoXkcpX+iY= X-Riseup-User-ID: DCA9669A35477B63BE295B297E06D2F6D38E2B65935A8B8D4450E923ABDF92D5 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by capuchin.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4BfPLw3GSKz8v6S for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 23:58:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 08:58:48 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (very OT) Ideal partition schemes (history of partitioning) Message-ID: <20200830085848.68ab4832@archlinux> References: <20200829154417.8dd5f83d.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BfPLy5dMtz4h1r X-Spamd-Bar: ---- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=riseup.net header.s=squak header.b=Cm4rgDsy; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=riseup.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ralf-mardorf@riseup.net designates 198.252.153.129 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ralf-mardorf@riseup.net X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.45 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[riseup.net:s=squak]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.05)[-1.051]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_GOOD(0.00)[198.252.153.129:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[riseup.net:dkim]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[riseup.net:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[riseup.net,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.83)[-0.827]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.97)[-0.973]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16652, ipnet:198.252.153.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[198.252.153.129:from] 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: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 06:58:52 -0000 On Sun, 30 Aug 2020 05:33:21 +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: >Some or many OSes can not run on a logical partition, only a primary >partition, using MBR scheme. 4 primary or 3 primary + 1 extended partition per device aren't enough? >And what if hard disk > 2 TB 2 TB aren't enough for several operating systems, at least when storing data on different devices? At the moment I plan to migrate from analog to digital photography. I'm surprised about nowadays common immoderateness. There's no need to take 10 shots/second of a still life and to repeat it 20 times, to end up with 200 photos. IMO one shot should be enough. There's no need at all, to log the meal served in a restaurant by camera. I guess not many people really need a multi-boot with more than 3 or 4 operating systems, that require a primary partition and not many private persons really need to store more than 2 TB/disk.