From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Oct 25 15:33:30 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 6C0A54516F6 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 2020 15:33:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.133]) (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 (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CK26x0zsBz4Cdk for ; Sun, 25 Oct 2020 15:33:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([178.12.38.125]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue011 [212.227.15.167]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 1MDygG-1keRnS12sG-009xvY; Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:33:22 +0100 Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:33:21 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Ralf Mardorf Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the "better / best " method to multi-boot different OSes natively WITHOUT VirtualBox(es) ? Message-Id: <20201025173321.8adee3e5.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20201025065025.6a13dc89@archlinux> References: <20201024111010.5c867e8540a369b826d26703@sohara.org> <20201025065025.6a13dc89@archlinux> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:ef0JAqt7xgdzvfkIqUXyZAU/1UI1O8Iz/uomYpjss+2UVP8alqd lm+APfplPxEsVSE2DU2uYZYeUiehN+5yXk4RsekPfFcXsgboXyT1ZheicfjLGrmsXVcmRtJ K4QuCS0NDgb2+eVqA5FBg7xuhc2cHZ0PwbDpyvV/dRTdEfVzq0B8HYOSQ4FEfNJWoVJuMn1 OrWr5hcjXK1+C6cI9di7A== X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:lhQ9Ikr1Gv0=:HZ4DVbph+cf/PpXgSZaD3i ayWHIXxJn2k3Hd5h8xSb/EpM95wBLQ7FBMV7VTovEyHafEcRdBsjNP3IP7NBEq6LGgJl+WXto 6luM0F/HR510eaP0rZjB0I44+E6VdV1tBj8FmJOmNdALntj0vGI/fkh14jNQbMkwhYxoPrpq5 Y5IqlGBBzSvtDFDvgL3uUXYn2Oquedq/wY0dP2Chn2gebE4h4JO+z9iRDHeS0XRBfgSsJ+y+E dck2/RpzCAlbwZ6ZL0xyQdBgj/O2OsPv5/sZGV37e9H3XipEXOiAhz64d6CiqsGzy+gAhzOSa 0QJl1mThnGDbkz/POn67pQDpUilWM+/3Yv5tM/7CjePlBZ4FGiKq6Z1vTpcnOelkvIv64c3oV jYKyP6/64+GC6dtYnCp9Fa5Iu84clG/KsbJaJn1Dh6EHCNDRyDSoEHoyDpGYt X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4CK26x0zsBz4Cdk X-Spamd-Bar: +++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd@edvax.de has no SPF policy when checking 212.227.126.133) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd@edvax.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [3.37 / 15.00]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[freebsd@edvax.de]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; HAS_ORG_HEADER(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[178.12.38.125:received]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:212.227.0.0/16, country:DE]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.74)[-0.735]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.16)[0.157]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[edvax.de]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.55)[0.553]; MID_CONTAINS_FROM(1.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[212.227.126.133:from]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[no SPF record]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[212.227.126.133:from]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; 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: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 15:33:30 -0000 On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 06:50:25 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I also want to add for consideration, if reboots between operating > systems are often wanted and HDDs are used, it's way better when all > drives, even the unused drives are spinning all the time. Parking and > releasing heads very often, does shorten the life span the most. I don't know if this is still true, but in ye olden times, there was a distinction between "home PC disks" and "server disks", where each class preferred a certain way of use to achieve maximum lifetime: +--------------+----------------+--------------+ | home PC disk | likes | dislikes | +--------------+----------------+--------------+ | server disk | dislikes | likes | +--------------+----------------+--------------+ | being switched | running | | on and off | all the time | +----------------+--------------+ Probably modern disks tend to be more like server disks, even when being sold for and used in home PCs... :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...