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Date:      Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:20:23 +0100
From:      Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: differences in supported filesystems between FreeBSD versions
Message-ID:  <4301E817.9030000@dial.pipex.com>
In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20050811225358.04fdf160@cobalt.antimatter.net>
References:  <b7052e1e05081122446572c8b0@mail.gmail.com> <6.1.0.6.2.20050811225358.04fdf160@cobalt.antimatter.net>

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Glenn Dawson wrote:

> Even if there were, if the file systems you are using now are working, 
> there isn't much reason to change them.
>
> UFS2 expanded some fields from 32 bits to 64, and added or changed a 
> few features, but the two are still very similar.

UFS2 also added snapshots which make live dumps safer, among other things.

--Alex




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