Re: Little UFS2 FAQ

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.
                        - Mark Twain