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
