Linux compatibility with more than one Linux installed?

[Thomas Mueller]

> On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 11:56:49 +0000 (GMT) "Thomas Mueller"
> <mueller6727 at 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.
         
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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