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Date:      Wed, 1 May 1996 21:14:06 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        pst@shockwave.com (Paul Traina)
Cc:        terry@lambert.org, randy@zyzzyva.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NetBSD filesystem compatibility
Message-ID:  <199605020414.VAA11325@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199605020324.UAA05731@precipice.shockwave.com> from "Paul Traina" at May 1, 96 08:24:58 pm

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> Including short symbolic links?  (just curious)
> 
>   From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
>   Subject: Re: NetBSD filesystem compatibility
>   > Is it safe to assume that a NetBSD filesystem is ufs mountable from
>   > a FreeBSD system. I'm about to find this out within the hour, but
>   > would appreciate a "heads-up" if anyone has anything to share.
>   
>   Yes.
>   
>   Going the other way, you would have to explicitly change the
>   label on the FreeBSD swap partition to "swap" for NetBSD to
>   recognize it.  The on disk structures are the same as for
>   4.4BSD-Lite in both trees.

I think so-- I've updated a box that way before.  I think the
short link implementation is common to free and netbsd.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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