On 2025-03-06, Nick Holland <n...@holland-consulting.net> wrote: > IF you are looking for one computer to run multiple OSs, I think it is safe > to say you won't be doing any serious work, just dinking around.
I disagree. Having, say, a dual-boot Windows install to run, say, car diagnostics software, vendor tools to configure routers, ILDA control software or something else that isn't available on the other OS on the system doesn't make the work on either OS install any less serious, there's just no point doubling up on hardware where you won't possibly be needing both at once. > Multibooting is difficult. VERY difficult, really requiring a knowledge of > the boot process in all the OSs involved (or hope your OS is happy to play > second fiddle to Windows and does all the magic for you..hopefully your use > case fits their assumptions...and you have a good backup!) I seem to be getting by ok on the laptop where I dual-boot without too much knowledge of the specifics of Windows boot. rEFInd made it a lot easier than it might otherwise have been though. (I admit I will be crossing fingers next time I run sysupgrade with the recent changes to EFI boot in OpenBSD though..)
