Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 17:00:16 -0400 (EDT) From: ba793@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Hamid Dastkar) To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File systems Message-ID: <199909182100.RAA02102@kanga.INS.CWRU.Edu>
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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 > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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