Booting multiple BSDs.

David Christensen dpchrist at holgerdanske.com
Sat Nov 14 00:48:55 UTC 2020


On 2020-11-12 21:42, Weaver wrote:
> What's the best way of going about this?
> I've search engined around and all I can find most of the time is
> multi-booting with Windows, which I ,left behind when XP came out, or
> rambling non-specifics and vague references.
> Is installing gptboot the go, then hitting a key to gain interactive
> mode, then choosing a partition to boot from, or is there something a
> little more automated available?
> Thanks for any time and trouble entered into.
> 
> Harry Weaver

In workstations/ servers, I install 2.5" SATA trayless racks and have a 
stack of SSD's with one OS each.  The only hassle is remembering to 
reset the CMOS clock before and after running a Windows SSD.


In laptops with one drive, I install VirtualBox and have one VM for each OS.


David


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