Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:36:21 -0700 (PDT) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade from 4.x -> 6.2: Old file systems? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0703231136210.4380@hymn07.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200703231825.LAA01153@lariat.net>
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On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Brett Glass wrote:
> I have a server which I am considering upgrading from 4.11 to 6.2. Besides the
> operating system disk (which contains all of the expected partitions such as /,
> /usr, /var, and /tmp), There's a large data disk on the system containing
> useful data that I'd like to put back online as soon as the upgrade is
> completed. I'd rather not have to reformat it unless there is a significant
> advantage to doing so. Does 6.2 work properly with the older disk format? Is
> there any reason to take the time and effort to back up the data and restore it
> to the new format? Is there anything I'll need to be careful about if I upgrade
> just the system disk?
>
> --Brett Glass
Brett,
Yes, 6.2 does but there are features that were added to UFS2 (softupdates, file size limit raised past 2GB?) which make it a much better filesystem infrastructure than UFS1.
-Garrett
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