> Is there a way to tell if one is using the new 4.4 filesystem format instead
> of the 4.2 filesystem format?

% dumpfs /dev/rxxyz | head
Something in the first few lines will give it away. On my system
(i386-current-950811), the last word on second line will say "4.4BSD"
if it's in the new format.


> If I am using the 4.2 filesystem, what are the procedures to upgrade?  I
> would like to go ahead and do that now before I put much on the system.

% fsck -c 2  /dev/rxxyz

Check fsck(1) for more info.

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