Just a Thought:

Would it be a valid function of fsck (or mkfs) to actually swap the =
bytes in a filesystem on a disk?  To change the native host from big to =
little and vice-versa?

I was specifically thinking of creating installation disks  from  remote =
machines of a different endianess. As well as moving disks from dead =
computers for re-use..

	-Paul

-----Original Message-----
From:	Scott Reynolds [SMTP:scottr@Plexus.COM]
Sent:	Monday, September 15, 1997 5:02 PM
To:	Manuel BOUYER
Cc:	tech-kern@NetBSD.ORG
Subject:	Re: Big/Little endian conversion in FS

On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Manuel BOUYER wrote:

> I can see 2 way to decide if we need byte swapping or not:
>  - with a mount option,
>  - autodetect, based on the magic number.
>=20
> I prefer the second one.

The first may be useful, as well (particularly if the disk is a bit
scrambled).  I say do both.

--scott