Subject: mkfs from NetBSD vs Installer?
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Denton Gentry <denny.gentry@Eng.Sun.COM>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/29/1996 10:49:49
I will soon have the opportunity to reinstall netbsd 1.2
on a fresh drive, while still having my older drive.
I saw mention on this list that the Installer and Mac mkfs
utilities know how to create 4.2/4.3 FFS filesystems,
while the unix mkfs can do 4.4 FFS filesystems. I
have no idea what the difference is (is the FFS on-disk
layout still changing?)
Can someone explain the benefits/drawbacks of the 4.4 variant
on FFS? If I make the filesystem from the unix side will
I still be able to use the Installer minishell to cpin and
cpout? Are there any other caveats?
Denny