> On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 11:56:49 +0000 (GMT) "Thomas Mueller" > <mueller6...@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. > -- > http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net: PGP ID = B0063FE7 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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"