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Subject: Re: ext2fs
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Jason Williams wrote:
> 
> 'lo all :-)
> 
> Are there any "issues" with using ext2fs filesystems under FreeBSD?
> 
> I currently have a server running linux with 18 gig of SCSI disk for home
> directories. (With ext2fs filesystem, obviously). It's NFS-exported to a
> few (linux) machines and it's reasonably busy.
> 
> I'm looking to replace the linux server with FreeBSD... will I run into
> any problems with ext2fs? Would it be better to transfer all the data
> to a ufs filesystem?
> 
> --
>   jason@compsoc.man.ac.uk   secretary@compsoc.man.ac.uk  admin@compsoc.org.uk

Considering, that ufs is native to FreeBSD and ext2fs is only
"compatible", I'd say pack your bags. It's time to move.
-Otter


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