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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!cf-cm!isl.cf.ac.uk!paul From: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) Subject: Re: Are FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 and 2.0 ufs filesystems compatible? Message-ID: <1994Dec8.010101.6148@cm.cf.ac.uk> Sender: paul@isl.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) Nntp-Posting-Host: isl-gate.elsy.cf.ac.uk Organization: ELSYM, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, UK. References: <3blt5d$sui@shore.shore.net> <JKH.94Dec2160214@whisker.hubbard.ie> <3bnkic$ktm@mars.mcs.com> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 1994 01:01:00 +0000 Lines: 43 In article <3bnkic$ktm@mars.mcs.com>, Michael Borowiec <mikebo@MCS.COM> wrote: >In article <JKH.94Dec2160214@whisker.hubbard.ie>, >Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie> wrote: >>In article <3blt5d$sui@shore.shore.net> witr@rwwa.com (Robert Withrow) writes: >> >> Ca I just use my 1.1.5.1 file systems on 2.0, and my 2.0 filesystems >> on 1.1.5.1, or is that a no-no. >> >>1.1.5.1 -> 2.0 Yes. 2.0 -> 1.1.5.1 no. Forward-compatibility is >>always a neat trick, but generally impossible.. :-) >> >> If it is a no-no, how do I convert my 5 disks from one to the other? >> >>You can convert your 1.x filesystems to 2.0 with `fsck -c2' >> >But in some article or another, Garrett A. Wollman wrote: >> fsck -c2 /dev/device # convert to version 2 >> fsck -c1 /dev/device # convert to version 1 - untested >> >> However, this is an extremely invasive operation, and we don't take >> any responsibility for fsck screwing up your data in the process. > >Does "fsck -c2" work as advertised or not? I have gigabytes of stuff >on 1.1.5.1 filesystems. If I can avoid backup, newfs, restore self- >flagellation I would really appreciate it! I think the bottom line here is, it's *supposed* to work. It was designed to work, it's worked for some people. However, it's not been banged on real hard since most of us just started from scratch with 2.0 filesystems, so basically, if you want to try there's a good chance it'll go smoothly but don't shout at us if you don't have backups and something fatal happens. We have a certain responsibility (remember this is a volunteer project) to not provide tools that kill systems but sysadmins have a greater responsibility to backup up their systems properly in case we inadvertantly do. -- Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member. Phone: +44 1222 874000 x5958 (work), +44 1222 457651 (home) Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wales, College Cardiff. Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org, JANET(UK): RICHARDSDP@CARDIFF.AC.UK