"Stefan A. Deutscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (a) Is it OK to have the slices to be shared on ufs2, or will 4.8R > wreck havoc when accessing those (or, better: just not be able to > see them)
4.x won't understand UFS2. > (b) If ufs2 is not OK for use on both systems, are there any things to > consider when making them ufs1? I suppose I would have to backup, > newfs -O1, and restore the /var slice on da1, or is it advisable to > just make /var/mail a symlink to some separate ufs1 /mail slice? You need UFS1 to share it between FreeBSD versions, but whether it's worth re-creating the partition for that is up to you. > (c) Will the background file system checks introduced with 5.x still > work on these ufs1 slices? They should. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"