Late to the party
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:37 pm
Following TB's email update today I discovered Bootit UEFI! If it's what I think it is, I'm overjoyed. I had understood back in 2014 that UEFI spelled the end for Bootit because the MBR "trick" would no longer be possible, i.e. hiding the EMBR code in the MBR allowed the program to exist without being seen or altered by any of the OS's.
On the strength of that belief I bought a new PC although my existing machine still had some years of life left in it. I wanted an up to date model that would run using the MBR partitioning system and would have as long a life as possible. As far as I am concerned BIBM and IFW/IFD/IFL are fundamental to the way I want to run multiple operating systems that don't interfere with each other and can be easily imaged in case of wanting to wind back from a bad update.
I had thought I was on a dead-end path and might have to consider using VMs in future. So now I am hoping that I will be able to run a machine using GPT and UEFI and still get the benefit of Terabyte's multi-booting.
So a few questions if I may:
1. Can I set up OS's which will be blocked from seeing or using other partitions which might contain operating systems? In other words, can I set it up so that it is impossible for Windows using one partition to see/use/reformat/modify some other Ext4 partition that I have a Linux system on (without me doing it deliberately)? At present my Windows systems see these Linux partitions as unpartitioned disk space, and they haven't attempted to use that space. Also I have 2 Windows systems and don't want them to see each other.
2. Can I have a common partition accessible to multiple different OS's? I use this arrangement for my data. Currently I keep Windows and programs on a C: partition and have all my personal docs on a D: partition. Each Linux also uses the data (D) partition (formatted NTFS).
3. Are there any notable restrictions on using Bootit UEFI compared to Bootit BM?
4. While I'm asking I noticed also IFU. I currently use IFL on a separate partition as it's much quicker than IFD. (I presume IFL is quicker because it has access to much more RAM). Is IFU as quick as IFL?
My joy will be long lasting if these questions get favourable answers. However, in any case, without waiting, I upgraded today to Bootit Collection anyway as I want to keep supporting TB and I might use the UEFI version in the future although I have no need to do it at present. Long may you prosper and keep on providing excellent software.
On the strength of that belief I bought a new PC although my existing machine still had some years of life left in it. I wanted an up to date model that would run using the MBR partitioning system and would have as long a life as possible. As far as I am concerned BIBM and IFW/IFD/IFL are fundamental to the way I want to run multiple operating systems that don't interfere with each other and can be easily imaged in case of wanting to wind back from a bad update.
I had thought I was on a dead-end path and might have to consider using VMs in future. So now I am hoping that I will be able to run a machine using GPT and UEFI and still get the benefit of Terabyte's multi-booting.
So a few questions if I may:
1. Can I set up OS's which will be blocked from seeing or using other partitions which might contain operating systems? In other words, can I set it up so that it is impossible for Windows using one partition to see/use/reformat/modify some other Ext4 partition that I have a Linux system on (without me doing it deliberately)? At present my Windows systems see these Linux partitions as unpartitioned disk space, and they haven't attempted to use that space. Also I have 2 Windows systems and don't want them to see each other.
2. Can I have a common partition accessible to multiple different OS's? I use this arrangement for my data. Currently I keep Windows and programs on a C: partition and have all my personal docs on a D: partition. Each Linux also uses the data (D) partition (formatted NTFS).
3. Are there any notable restrictions on using Bootit UEFI compared to Bootit BM?
4. While I'm asking I noticed also IFU. I currently use IFL on a separate partition as it's much quicker than IFD. (I presume IFL is quicker because it has access to much more RAM). Is IFU as quick as IFL?
My joy will be long lasting if these questions get favourable answers. However, in any case, without waiting, I upgraded today to Bootit Collection anyway as I want to keep supporting TB and I might use the UEFI version in the future although I have no need to do it at present. Long may you prosper and keep on providing excellent software.