From owner-freebsd-questions  Tue Oct  8 18:39:58 2002
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A436937B401
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue,  8 Oct 2002 18:39:56 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0FFA43E3B
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue,  8 Oct 2002 18:39:55 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar)
Received: from cactus.fi.uba.ar (cactus.fi.uba.ar [157.92.49.108])
	by cactus.fi.uba.ar (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g991biAO020651;
	Tue, 8 Oct 2002 22:37:44 -0300 (ART)
	(envelope-from fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 22:37:43 -0300 (ART)
From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar>
To: David Lloyd <lloy0076@rebel.net.au>
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: FreeBSD File System Comparison
In-Reply-To: <3DA381C8.393E0316@rebel.net.au>
Message-ID: <20021008223527.G3949-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.4 required=5.0
	tests=IN_REP_TO
	version=2.31
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
List-ID: <freebsd-questions.FreeBSD.ORG>
List-Archive: <http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/> (Web Archive)
List-Help: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=help> (List Instructions)
List-Subscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=subscribe%20freebsd-questions>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG?subject=unsubscribe%20freebsd-questions>
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG

On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, David Lloyd wrote:

>
>
> Is there any comparison that is easy for a non-kernel (Linux/Kernel)
> hacker to understand between other file systems? I've discovered that:
>
> * it's derived from something called the "Fast File System"
> * that I need to add a -o ufstype=44bsd when mounting it under linux
> * that it's not a journaling filesystem

Read /usr/share/doc/smm/05.fastfs/paper.ascii.gz

For a comparison between FFS and other file systems, read chapter 9
of "Unix Internals" by Vahalia

			Fer

>
>
> ..?
>
>
> DSL
> --
> You'll be lost, so sorry when I'm gone!
>   (Jesus Christ, in Lloyd Webber's
>    Superstar)
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
>
> 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