Subject: Re: Install problem with 2.0
To: Bruce ONeel <edoneel@sdf.lonestar.org>
From: John Klos <john@ziaspace.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/17/2004 11:06:05
Hi,

> I had another question now that I've done a 2.0 Sparc update
> as well.
>
> When I did the partition table I noticed I could choose ffsv1
> or ffsv2.  What is ffsv2 and why is this option not possible
> with the 68k install?  The only thing I could easily find was that
> softdep seems to be a bad choice with ffsv2 and it is good for
> file systems greater than 1tb.  I 'll admit that 1TB file systems
> will be very uncommon on 68k systems :-)

Hmmm... I never heard of any softdep problems with ffsv2, but I'm sure 
they're in the list. I hope they were all fixed before 2.0 came out...

It provides support for storage with up to 64 bits worth of blocks, from 
what I remember. And while I've had 1/2 TB volumes on my Amiga, you're 
right - it's not likely to be very common to see > 1 TB.

Since 2.0 supports ffsv2, I'm sure you could re-newfs a slice on a mac68k 
machine, but I wouldn't be 100% certain that it wouldn't confuse the 
booter. Maybe it's worth checking.

John