From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 1 0: 2:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from bumper.jellybaby.net (bumper.jellybaby.net [194.159.247.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B8837B403 for ; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 00:02:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from simond@bumper.jellybaby.net) Received: (from simond@localhost) by bumper.jellybaby.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id IAA23865; Sun, 1 Jul 2001 08:02:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from simond) Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 08:02:20 +0100 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: Rich Morin Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: compatibility of UFS-partitioned FireWire drives Message-ID: <20010701080220.B23390@irrelevant.org> References: <754836544.20010630185133@morning.ru> <20010630140907.A947@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <1806975199.20010630192712@morning.ru> <15166.16657.406627.673835@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from rdm@cfcl.com on Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 02:59:57PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 02:59:57PM -0700, Rich Morin wrote: > I have a luggable FireWire drive which I am considering using for > backups and data mobility on a variety of machines and operating > systems (roughly, *BSD, Mac OS X, and (eventually) Linux). > > I'd welcome any suggestions as to things to do or avoid. I'd rather > not get a ways down the road and discover that I need to repartition > the disc for some obscure reason... Unfortunately there's no FireWire support in FreeBSD yet, but once there is I don't see why UFS partitions wouldn't work :) -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org "Why do I get this urge to go bowling everytime I see Tux?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message