I work on various hardwares (laptops, desktops, macs) so sometimes i need to move an installed hard drive on one mobo to another different mobo
win98 hd can be used across, good luck with XP / Vista
iBookG4 tiger hd can be swappable to mac mini
ubuntu hd, i had occasions when it's not swappable (always kernel panic on other mobo - must reinstall from scratch)
OpenBSD always works (tm) on every mobo, even on my 10 yo XD380 thinkpad
BUT YOU CAN USE VMWARE!!!
errr, i use simpler, OS / hardware independent tech: VNC
my setup now is:
win98 for legacies, win-only software / hardware
mac mini for fancier hardwares bluetooth, firewire, DVI etc
OpenBSD for development, VNC to win98 and Mac Mini (powerPC)
It used to be OpenBSD+Ubuntu ... However, time tweaking Ubuntu is better invested in win98+mac ... i feel ubuntu is trying to be win/mac/BSD* and it's weak in the three fronts -- weak identity, designed by committee for mass
you may think supporting 3 OS is more complicated; however it's not true
if the OS misbehave and need complete reinstallation:
win98: i could just dd if=win98 of=/dev/disk2 and it's ready in 10 mins shrug
osx: reboot from install disc, format tiger partition, map the tiger-image and it's ready in ~30 mins
OpenBSD: just do ftp reinstall, untar Site44.tgz and it's production ready in 15 mins
Ubuntu: i dunno, ... i'll prolly waste another hour+half or two reinstalling it
NB: Can u operate 3 OS (Win/OSX-powerpc/Unix) on a single machine?
* BSD is more powerful than linux ... err GNU/linux ... or should i say GNU/BSD ? ... I dunno, i just want to hack and use the most powerful tools available, no time for silly nerd politics
win98 hd can be used across, good luck with XP / Vista
iBookG4 tiger hd can be swappable to mac mini
ubuntu hd, i had occasions when it's not swappable (always kernel panic on other mobo - must reinstall from scratch)
OpenBSD always works (tm) on every mobo, even on my 10 yo XD380 thinkpad
BUT YOU CAN USE VMWARE!!! errr, i use simpler, OS / hardware independent tech: VNC
my setup now is: win98 for legacies, win-only software / hardware mac mini for fancier hardwares bluetooth, firewire, DVI etc
OpenBSD for development, VNC to win98 and Mac Mini (powerPC)
It used to be OpenBSD+Ubuntu ... However, time tweaking Ubuntu is better invested in win98+mac ... i feel ubuntu is trying to be win/mac/BSD* and it's weak in the three fronts -- weak identity, designed by committee for mass
you may think supporting 3 OS is more complicated; however it's not true
if the OS misbehave and need complete reinstallation: win98: i could just dd if=win98 of=/dev/disk2 and it's ready in 10 mins shrug osx: reboot from install disc, format tiger partition, map the tiger-image and it's ready in ~30 mins OpenBSD: just do ftp reinstall, untar Site44.tgz and it's production ready in 15 mins Ubuntu: i dunno, ... i'll prolly waste another hour+half or two reinstalling it
NB: Can u operate 3 OS (Win/OSX-powerpc/Unix) on a single machine? * BSD is more powerful than linux ... err GNU/linux ... or should i say GNU/BSD ? ... I dunno, i just want to hack and use the most powerful tools available, no time for silly nerd politics