Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:22:06 -0500 From: Peter Schultz <peter@jocose.org> To: CARTER Anthony <a.carter@cordis.lu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: UFS2 now the default creation type on 5.0-CURRENT Message-ID: <3EA6775E.3060506@jocose.org> In-Reply-To: <200304231121.58544.a.carter@intrasoft.lu> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030420105721.16891f-100000@fledge.watson.org> <3EA5A870.4090808@jocose.org> <200304231121.58544.a.carter@intrasoft.lu>
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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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