Re: Ultrix and SunOS FFS compatibility?

[Chris Hanson <cmhanson%eschatologist.net@localhost>]

On Nov 21, 2025, at 6:13 PM, Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost> wrote:
> 
>> Should FFS on NetBSD be automatically compatible with FFS on Ultrix and SunO$
> 
> Mostly, I think.

That's what I had hoped too. :)

>> I tried to mount an ISO yesterday with a raw Ultrix filesystem, but the moun$
> 
> Did you use a kernel with FFS_EI?  If not, the filesystem's endianness
> has to match your host's.

I was using NetBDS 10.1 on amd64 with a GENERIC kernel, so the endianness matched my host's.

  -- Chris