From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 27 09:47:17 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 854D6159DC8D for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:47:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from sonic305-19.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (sonic305-19.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [77.238.177.81]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 07BA976138 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:47:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) X-YMail-OSG: gYAlwgUVM1nWZi3K03s7YuDHTOPL9mrDC.GA4Eb92TMw56OclANbtde4EXXVfcC _HSKN2Y_PwDUHy8aS6UD18VYe8vmJO_4X613COegCKgTxN.Bp_f95Xv6v8LoYPAGOVU3myQr7uuS XisWkaFNVBzR57KIBRGV0M_Lxw6En7pRSxtxr_hdj1S0vCU87WkeW9U3E8IO.4iWf_.Y4XBvwpt3 Y7CzAsrzoBVvMGWnrXAnMID.jqYXboN2zY09MikHa8CaC6RYh3.2Y9ib8qqFHihm.EiOnUlpqgxW ti8KA2yaW23bwBMXjmAhq4rzUVRb.bh.dgeUG2wy7Oxqc0o7oPyyz2cvArUxEtffOiSevnlsBjgT CNr9_M373ydFSSbOInuvuQZwrmxqECMZTAhruW2s2xfvmQjaK0VA1QSmP34Hejx8pNK52kgeMy06 pVWNmVQzFySOpwcmh4eMjZZgeWZIIgxd2qOFENwRb2W23eTSePmMTT85GnfqJP6MB2UVZCy85_to cTSEjSKqRmM29YpPyJVi7WrPDQt3NebGqA8YT6vH5owvpcT67Snp7qOTijKQjUA17RlB5Bcc4gEi fkZiy62eoeeqdkqui1_lQ5JN4FLt.GzR5MGtFMzIJxGG_UJnXWArjSVYKTsr3WO.nWkJmbQHMqRC l043faLgR4W_U2gUvujG3rd2tEkWbK9Zv8pTEuijE3z8tLvmJiOIZfnnhQPNYo8DG94BAAXQQAx3 SgqHvdmSzoo3A3uKk66cT0KCA9jREt2tBOSHS8VDTogW6IMA5sn_SASe_TONo.5cpF9NGKTzD0Pb jnjG1EjRVzrcUwjyngJ6Z3GM2PhcZtDH1JkXyy5S6.0I8MaUY35f4BBQRMRu4bFiTuDJZkzOJdkT gqfx.tR6DmmMB.MBMbtNyUioLeHLVyhcI_QoC4qoQ.m5QwzIVli31BA281IF7lODyavJIC6JYvr4 K_5F7KNltOZ.3ukrBupDfBG0.Tf0aj2Uk1_44UAgKOf5VUoOZ.AWEd4Nr39TKhZmVEKCaJu7yree i5gMXd2lG9UV.6lYHQSDi8eANmH6PZWBZMEBZptjPneYx42YY_xHWD7wMihF9P4pRPjuSUcNXaHb 547nIjsQBnZgesEN6JzC6ZxyQnEeEqWDnmfl1HUKrNAYSJjiQiRxvDN241H5IyQyzUS_rLoOD5kb KExfVLkpTyKq5Qonrl0JhcWM8GJQDiUda9LNFj4.cUv0BFtHI3M.gwL_eAEjR7G8Shj5GQFDkPKK 3MFzv Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic305.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with HTTP; Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:47:08 +0000 Received: from x2f44acb.dyn.telefonica.de (EHLO archlinux) ([2.244.74.203]) by smtp417.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (Oath Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID b8908042200ac54da5ef7102e283a9ab; Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:47:05 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:47:06 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Polytropon Subject: Re: I've got a major question... Message-ID: <20190627114706.249409ce@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20190627110340.d0d87cfe.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20190626063443.51ad3f1b.freebsd@edvax.de> <20190627081518.9dc6f3c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20190627091012.44fc65a7@archlinux> <20190627103701.7ea401b8@archlinux> <20190627110340.d0d87cfe.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail (linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 07BA976138 X-Spamd-Bar: +++ X-Spamd-Result: default: False [3.84 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; XM_UA_NO_VERSION(0.01)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ptr:yahoo.com]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[rocketmail.com]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: mta6.am0.yahoodns.net]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[rocketmail.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[rocketmail.com,reject]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[203.74.244.2.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.10]; ASN(0.00)[asn:34010, ipnet:77.238.176.0/22, country:GB]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[rocketmail.com]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[rocketmail.com:s=s2048]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.79)[0.794,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; IP_SCORE(2.19)[ip: (6.78), ipnet: 77.238.176.0/22(2.40), asn: 34010(1.88), country: GB(-0.09)]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.43)[0.425,0]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.93)[0.928,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[81.177.238.77.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:47:17 -0000 On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:03:40 +0200, Polytropon wrote: >Sure, you can use a VM with "Windows" on an otherwise Linux or FreeBSD >system, but that doesn't really solve the problem. For me this approach at least does solve one problem. If the guest Windows starts misbehaving or a drive stops working, its easy to restore from the last working snapshot or backup. I once tried to restore a Windows 98 or XP install on bare metal, after a HDD gets broken, but it didn't work already without all that EFI stuff that might cause issues today. IIRC that time the problem was, that the new HDD wasn't the same model as the old one . If a hardware driver only available for Windows should be required, we are lost with either a VM or wine. For the ID card readers that could be ordered for free a few years ago in Germany, a Linux driver was available. That time I couldn't get an ID card reader working. I don't know if it would work today.