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From: ba793@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Hamid Dastkar)
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Subject: Re: File systems
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Reply to message from jschultz@home.com of Sat, 18 Sep
>
>I was just wondering what all the different file systems are used for and
>what they stand for.  This is what I have know (or do not know) so far:
>
>ufs - ?universal? file system, basic file system for unix
>mfs - memory file system, a file system created in memory(RAM) thus very
>fast
>nfs - network file system, a file system for networking, allows for remote
>system to mount it as a local file system
>ffs - fast file system - uummm its fast :)
>Are there any others avaible?

AFS
VFS
AdvFS
LFS

>Also I have the all my file system mounted by ufs(default?), can I switch
>current file system to others.  Specifically I wanted to use nfs so i can
>mount a remote file system to me local one.  I have three FreeBSD(3.2)
>machines(PC, Laprop, and a Natd/gateway machine)
>
>Thanks
>
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