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

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <3EA679D3.2010005 at gmx.net>, Marcin Dalecki writes:
>Peter Schultz wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
>
>Will "dump" on UFS and "restore" on UFS2 filesystem work then?
>Beocuse otherwise I could get caught in a system without proper
>backups.

Yes, that will work.

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