Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:37:01 +0000 (GMT) From: "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>, Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Linux compatibility with more than one Linux installed? Message-ID: <20111208103702.1AF81106566B@hub.freebsd.org> References: <CAGsORuAcoKGaRKg7C6i9nrTWbXHUj4Qf1gT-qx_5%2BpUL3oV8YQ@mail.gmail.com> <20111206153259.501d81bb@gumby.homeunix.com> <8hs8n18830xu53rutk34votl.1323170350012@email.android.com> <20111207115650.9F49D106566B@hub.freebsd.org> <20111207222257.000023be@unknown>
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> On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 11:56:49 +0000 (GMT) "Thomas Mueller"
> <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > Too much to quote here without making a mess, and I want to get to
> > bed, but thanks for all the ideas.
> > I noticed the advice with emulators/wine that running programs on an
> > actual MS-Windows partition can make a mess of said partition; wonder
> > if there would be such a hazard with Linux instead of MS-Windows.
> It depends. I can not comment upon the quality of the ext2fs part of
> FreeBSD, but the linuxulator itself will not destroy anything.
> Theoretically it can be the case that a sloppy programmed (linux-)tool
> may destroy some data if it wants to use something which does not work,
> but in this case I would say it is the fault of the tool to not check
> for errors...
> Or let's say it differently: if it destroys something, you should have
> played Lotto instead of doing whatever you did... ;-)
> Bye,
> Alexander.
> --
> http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7
So I guess it's worth a try after I get my Linux built and installed, am busy now with FreeBSD 9.0-RC3.
Also, I want to see if I can cross-build NetBSD from FreeBSD, partly as a dress rehearsal for building Linux, partly to see how and if cdrtools/cdrecord works in NetBSD compared to FreeBSD.
So it looks like the linuxulator does not have the hazards associated with MS-Windows and wine.
Tom
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