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From: rogerk@queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Subject: Re: Support for 4.2BSD Fast File System
Message-ID: <C815MC.10I@queernet.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1993 05:22:59 GMT
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References: <C7yBIu.Bt1@iupui.edu> <1ugqo1$5vl@genesis.MCS.COM>
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In article <1ugqo1$5vl@genesis.MCS.COM> karl@genesis.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
>The "ufs" in SVR4 releases is nearly 100% BSD FFS in terms of its
>implementation. Blocks/frags, cylinder groups, inodes > 64k, long
>filenames, symlinks, etc.
However, its on-disk format is *not* identical, and UFS/FFS file systems
cannot be physically transported between different operating systems.
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