Re: Y2038 problem and FFSv1 on Alpha

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 10:49:40AM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
>   | Why did the installer create the root filesystem using FFSv1?
> 
> This one I cannot speak to, I haven't had an alpha to use for decades,
> and no longer remember any of the details.
> 
>   | Is this a general policy in 11.0,

The default file system type is FFSv2ea.

I am not sure why it picked FFSv1 in this case, as Alpha is (known to sysinst)
able to boot from FFSv2 disks. This is set in

src/usr.sbin/sysinst/arch/alpha/md.h

by:

/* have support for booting from UFS2 */
#define HAVE_UFS2_BOOT

and

#define BOOTXX_FFSV2    "bootxx_ffsv2"


I currently don't have a working alpha machine for debugging, unfortunately.

Martin