Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:46:50 -0500 (CDT) From: Jerry Dunham <jdunham@fc.net> To: lowell@world.std.com (Lowell Gilbert) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, gligor@math.uvt.ro (Lucian Gligor) Subject: Re: Advanced File System on FreeBSD Message-ID: <200009142346.SAA96417@freeside.fc.net> In-Reply-To: <44pum6prw7.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> from Lowell Gilbert at "Sep 14, 2000 05:47:52 pm"
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Lowell Gilbert babbled: > From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> > Date: 14 Sep 2000 17:47:52 -0400 > gligor@math.uvt.ro (Lucian Gligor) writes: > > > I have red in the Compaq Tru64 UNIX AdvFS Administration about > > the file system called "Advanced File System", which is the default > > file system for the Compaq Tru64 UNIX (formely DIGITAL UNIX) operating > > system. This file system has several advantages from the traditional > > UNIX file system. > > Please let me know if there is a commercial vendor which implements > > Advanced File System on FreeBSD !! > > No, there isn't. However, most of the supposedly unique features of > AdvFS are available with FreeBSD. As far as I recall, the ones that > aren't supported are: > - "never" needing an fsck after a crash > - graphical user interface for administration > - undelete > > Many features attributed to AdvFS by its documentation are supported > in FreeBSD by system components other than the filesystem. That "undelete" feature sure would be nice. Some of us stupid people need it far too often. It's the one thing I REALLY liked better about the file systems used by Microsoft and Atari. *sigh* -- Jerry Dunham FreeBSD http://www.dunham.org jdunham@fc.net jerry@dunham.org (512)335-0674 (H) E Pluribus Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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