Subject: Re: Sparc Classic dilemma
To: None <dp@recycled.agm-ita.ensta.fr, net@trash.recycled.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/05/2000 22:20:57
On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 12:10:32PM -0500, dp@recycled.agm-ita.ensta.fr wrote:
> IIRC you can't read Sparc written filesystems in x86 boxen and vice versa due 
> to endian difference. You need to put the disk into another sparc.

With a NetBSD box you can, I added endian-independant support to FFS
before 1.4. You just need 'options FFS_EI' in your kernel config file
(which is in the i386 GENERIC).

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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