Re: FFS compatibility sparc64 vs alpha vs i386

2010-11-09 Thread Christiano F. Haesbaert
Aww ... Ok you got me convinced, won't dwell in it. Thanks

Re: FFS compatibility sparc64 vs alpha vs i386

2010-11-09 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Christiano F. Haesbaert wrote: > I'm pretty sure that can't be done in i386 since the endianess is > different, but alpha shares the same one. alpha is little-endian like i386. > Searching through the archives it seems FFS is indeed endianess > dependent, is there any other incompatibility ? T

Re: FFS compatibility sparc64 vs alpha vs i386

2010-11-09 Thread Ted Unangst
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Christiano F. Haesbaert wrote: > I'm putting some disks on a sparc64 (ultra5), the problem is that I > don't have another spare sparc64 machine in case hardware fails. > > Could I mount them on an alpha or i386 ? > > I'm pretty sure that can't be done in i386 sinc

Re: FFS compatibility sparc64 vs alpha vs i386

2010-11-09 Thread Marco Peereboom
No. Don't do it. Danger Danger Danger! On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 02:54:15PM -0200, Christiano F. Haesbaert wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm putting some disks on a sparc64 (ultra5), the problem is that I > don't have another spare sparc64 machine in case hardware fails. > > Could I mount them on an al

FFS compatibility sparc64 vs alpha vs i386

2010-11-09 Thread Christiano F. Haesbaert
Hi there, I'm putting some disks on a sparc64 (ultra5), the problem is that I don't have another spare sparc64 machine in case hardware fails. Could I mount them on an alpha or i386 ? I'm pretty sure that can't be done in i386 since the endianess is different, but alpha shares the same one. Sea