From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 23 18:36:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3561916A401 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:36:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1486B13C4BB for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:36:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from hymn07.u.washington.edu (hymn07.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.53]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2NIaL1M025609 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:36:21 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hymn07.u.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2NIaLdN026407 for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:36:21 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.55.52.4] by hymn07.u.washington.edu via HTTP; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:36:21 PDT Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:36:21 -0700 (PDT) From: youshi10@u.washington.edu To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200703231825.LAA01153@lariat.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.3.23.112433 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='NO_REAL_NAME 0, __CT 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' Subject: Re: Upgrade from 4.x -> 6.2: Old file systems? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:36:22 -0000 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