Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:33:21 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> 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: <CALMiprbGBaSJQUAA=1HDZAjvsVNK7dqB_5mBb5DKzV16F3hxHg@mail.gmail.com> <20201024111010.5c867e8540a369b826d26703@sohara.org> <20201025065025.6a13dc89@archlinux>
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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, ...
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