On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, Clint Pachl wrote: > Have the file systems from one OS version to the next always been compatible? > Will they continue to be? > > My concern is that a 3+ year old dump may not restore correctly on current > version of OBSD. Can I be assured that I can store data reliably for 3 - 5 > years on a FFS?
I think the on-disk ffs filesystem layout and the format used by dump(8) didn't change since the dark ages. So you have pretty good chances a restore will work. That is, of your tape or other medium is still ok. -Otto