Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:20:20 -0500 (EST) From: Zhiui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> To: Edward <edward_gess@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: file_system Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0103061117180.928-100000@opal> In-Reply-To: <3AA50DD8.CA9DACF5@hotmail.com>
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UFS should stand for "Unix File System". FFS (Fast File System) has become so popular that it is probably called UFS. FreeBSD uses FFS or UFS. Linux uses ext2fs, which is FFS-derived. SunOS's filesystem is also FFS-derived. 64-bit filesystems work on 64-bit CPUs. HTH. -Zhihui On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Edward wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I have one question, how to understand 32-bit or > 64-bit file system ??? I can understand when talking about > > CPU working mode, but how it with file system??? > What file system is used under FreeBSD? Is it FFS? > > If yes, then why when I installing FreeBSD, disk > label shows that the file system is UFS ??? Does it > > means "Unknown File System"? > > Thanks in advance - Ed. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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