HEADS UP: UFS2 now the default creation type on 5.0-CURRENT

Peter Schultz peter at jocose.org
Wed Apr 23 04:22:19 PDT 2003


UFS2 is 64bit, allowing it to work with massive hard drives.  I don't 
know if it's true, but UFS2 may be faster if you're working with really 
massive files.

There is no UFStoUFS2 that I know of.

CARTER Anthony wrote:
> Any clues as to UFS vs UFS2?
> 
> Also, is it possible to convert UFS to UFS2 without a re-installation?
> 
> Anthony
> 
> On Tuesday 22 April 2003 22:39, Peter Schultz wrote:
> 
>>Robert Watson wrote:
>>
>>>As of today, newfs(8) and sysinstall(8) will create UFS2 file systems by
>>>default
>>
>>The grub people could use some help:
>>http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/#bsd
>>especially now with this, UFS2 and grub don't play together.  It
>>recognizes UFS2 but cannot read from it.
>>
>>Pete...





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