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Date:      Mon, 23 Nov 1998 17:35:29 +0100
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Farshidoo <farshidoo@yahoo.com>, freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is LFS operational?
Message-ID:  <19981123173529.Q24412@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <19981123084020.26824.rocketmail@send105.yahoomail.com>; from Farshidoo on Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 12:40:20AM -0800
References:  <19981123084020.26824.rocketmail@send105.yahoomail.com>

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On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 12:40:20AM -0800, Farshidoo wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I installed FreeBSD on my computer and tried to use its LFS.
> I created a file system by newlfs and mounted it by mount_lfs
> commands. When I tried to touch(1) a file in that file system
> it stopped and the process remained in 'D+' state. Then I
> noticed that in one of man pages is written that LFS has problem
> in FreeBSD. Is it right?

LFS is busted in FreeBSD, and was removed in 3.0.  This is due to LFS
not tracking the VM changes, if I've understood correctly.

> What about FFS and its relation with UFS? Is UFS based on FFS?
> If yes, what is the difference between them?

UFS is a higher level.  Different level of abstraction, sort of.

Eivind.

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