Little UFS2 FAQ
The Anarcat
anarcat at anarcat.ath.cx
Wed Apr 23 06:45:18 PDT 2003
On Wed Apr 23, 2003 at 03:20:47PM +0200, Jeroen C. van Gelderen wrote:
> Little UFS2 FAQ (20023/04/23), culled from contributions by:
Great idea!
May I comment? (see below)
> What is the UFS2 status on FreeBSD?
>
> As of 2003/04/20, newfs(8) and sysinstall(8) will create UFS2 file
> systems by default, unless explicitly specified. Users wanting to
> create UFS1 file systems for whatever reason (interoperability with
> earlier versions, etc) should be sure to employ the -O1 flag to
> newfs(8), or hit '1' in the label editor in sysinstall(8) to select
> UFS1.
Maybe it should be noted that this is only on -current?
> Is there a UFS to UFS2 conversion tool?
>
> No. You can however dump/restore from UFS to UFS2.
I suggest to make that answer just "no" and note "but see next question".
> Will "dump" on UFS and "restore" on UFS2 filesystem work?
>
> Yes, that will work.
...
> Jeroen C. van Gelderen - jeroen at vangelderen.org
Thanks for this, it's a great idea that should be published even
outside this forum!
A.
--
Conformity-the natural instinct to passively yield to that vague something
recognized as authority.
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