From owner-freebsd-fs Mon Nov 23 08:55:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA05501 for freebsd-fs-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:55:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gatewayb.anheuser-busch.com (gatewayb.anheuser-busch.com [151.145.250.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA05491 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:55:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Matthew.Alton@anheuser-busch.com) Received: by gatewayb.anheuser-busch.com; id KAA07016; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:50:30 -0600 Received: from stlabcexg006.anheuser-busch.com( 151.145.101.161) by gatewayb via smap (V2.1) id xma006758; Mon, 23 Nov 98 10:50:16 -0600 Received: by stlabcexg006.anheuser-busch.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:52:49 -0600 Message-ID: <31B3F0BF1C40D11192A700805FD48BF9017766B2@STLABCEXG011> From: "Alton, Matthew" To: "'Eivind Eklund'" , Farshidoo , freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Is LFS operational? Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:52:11 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Eivind Eklund [SMTP:eivind@yes.no] > Sent: Monday, November 23, 1998 10:35 AM > To: Farshidoo; freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Is LFS operational? > > On Mon, Nov 23, 1998 at 12:40:20AM -0800, Farshidoo wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I installed FreeBSD on my computer and tried to use its LFS. > > I created a file system by newlfs and mounted it by mount_lfs > > commands. When I tried to touch(1) a file in that file system > > it stopped and the process remained in 'D+' state. Then I > > noticed that in one of man pages is written that LFS has problem > > in FreeBSD. Is it right? > > LFS is busted in FreeBSD, and was removed in 3.0. This is due to LFS > not tracking the VM changes, if I've understood correctly. > The LFS should not be used as it is. I think it's also gone in 2.2.7. I'm working on an advanced FS which will superset it nicely. > > What about FFS and its relation with UFS? Is UFS based on FFS? > > If yes, what is the difference between them? > > UFS is a higher level. Different level of abstraction, sort of. > The usage in _UNIX Internals: The New Frontiers_ is FFS for the original BSD Fast Filesystem and UFS for the FFS using the VMS pseudo-OOP interface. > Eivind. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message