From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Aug 26 22:10:37 2021 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 1FA6B6720EF for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 22:10:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [IPv6:2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "xray.he.net", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GwcVM75bkz56VZ for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 22:10:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=holgerdanske.com; s=nov-20210719-112354; t=1630015828; bh=PhZpeKNWtWFZ8bbOFjh5H82kIedliA/lvQt2Ry6ql6Y=; h=Received:Subject:To:References:From:Message-ID:Date:User-Agent: MIME-Version:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Language: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=swb2jFKwmIDH4bLAQfhuOdolk6QWcLZQCkRRvIz/AM9imqCdPrc4VCzNfJiRUFcGG kxDlTX0RM9Izi1RcWNNCS+H4HDKrQtYFktVPA86LNInQHg9+iUfp1ZeJoD2zG71zWT /M7/aTLfUVvgUuzN8tA7wZDkHfclO5pXYtv4ABM9s7osf2MV+Epm1FDgSeA15am+d6 9avUb9dYpgwWCp4OB0xWpBw6HHl32aoYzO5TsAH/muxqj/FOB58m504qDR+UV46y4k l7qzvREY0joxNm72IbKzndl93KH85gF+n18yFme+5StKX11JV69PYvaB7gUVvDwao1 V6yEDDNvcj7+BgPm+GwYEPB27oQtT7Pvlr6R/8bwuuNh4ZR85b3IUk02Um6PcrYQNW TKFPj64oIxGagCj/odOdTeAdFgubT/qfFmgPcmVhnulX9omQBFhmr9Bi6G7834Xb1g KLIWIff62qmc0PGe2hxlDdctZ1ripbeVDgoSawXrVwpkk6rA4pF4B3rBTy216W8dsU t32BrL1cDii1Dad0d9DyJKhvRiqTRIlo+57s85UuqbnWGkTiB4xftwCLopbcFHgSne i9biWvxu1O2br4f64huQz5c78X57JJL71kZ++1BxdkfYga70kfuHRYkRG0Cfte4QX1 zz3Q+wY+f/CTG37BUIcgs8Ck= Received: from 99.100.19.101 (99-100-19-101.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net [99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLSv1.3:Kx=any:Au=any:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:10:28 -0700 Subject: Re: Paritioning scheme on MBR disk doubts To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: David Christensen Message-ID: <9459f921-3b89-b353-414c-b863686d1e67@holgerdanske.com> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:10:27 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.12.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4GwcVM75bkz56VZ X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=holgerdanske.com header.s=nov-20210719-112354 header.b=swb2jFKw; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=holgerdanske.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dpchrist@holgerdanske.com designates 2001:470:0:19b::b869:801b as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dpchrist@holgerdanske.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.99 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[holgerdanske.com:s=nov-20210719-112354]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:november.he.net]; 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]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[holgerdanske.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[holgerdanske.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.994]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:2001:470::/32, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 22:10:37 -0000 On 8/26/21 11:32 AM, Javier wrote: > And, so, I want to be sure what is allowed given the questions I made. > If I'm correct in my assumption with the 3rd case shown, or totally > wrong. I tried multi-boot back in the day. It was an unreliable PITA. The various Linux mailing lists still have posts and replies by people with this form of self-harm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_harm So, I installed a second HDD, installed a second OS on it, and selected the boot device via HDD jumpers and/or Setup. When I got tired of the hardware inconvenience and wanted more than two OS choices, I installed drive racks in my desktop tower chassis, bought extra drives, and dedicate one drive to each OS instance. (This was the IDE era.) As time progressed, I was able to standardize on 2.5" SATA drives, 2.5" SATA chassis racks, and laptops with externally-accessible 2.5" SATA drive bays. The final improvement was virtualization. Now I can choose my hardware, choose my base OS, and run multiple OS's at the same time. :-) The next challenge will come when I want NVMe drives everywhere. > I could do all automatic, but I'm those that prefer to do manually > knowing what I'm doing. Or at least, what is happening in the > background. KISS. Use the FreeBSD installer and choose the simplest options. Use a camera for screen captures and type up good notes in a second computer. Consider it an experiment that you will repeat several times over the next year as you learn. Keep your data on a separate device (better yet, RAID). Get good at backup/ restore, archiving, and imaging. David