Re: Filesystem Backwards Compatibility

2007-02-20 Thread Toni Mueller
Hi, On Mon, 12.02.2007 at 20:20:12 +, Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then, of course, there's the contents of the backup to consider. You > (probably) don't want your Brand New OBSD 4 installation replaced with an > install of OBSD 2, especialy since it may not contain drivers for ha

Re: Filesystem Backwards Compatibility

2007-02-12 Thread Jeff Rollin
On 12/02/07, Clint Pachl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My data will be movies and music so I should be fine. Thanks Jeff. > > Jeff Rollin wrote: > > > Then, of course, there's the contents of the backup to consider. You > (probably) don't want your Brand New OBSD 4 installation replaced with an >

Re: Filesystem Backwards Compatibility

2007-02-12 Thread Nick !
On 2/12/07, Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >

Re: Filesystem Backwards Compatibility

2007-02-12 Thread Jeff Rollin
On 12/02/07, Otto Moerbeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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

Re: Filesystem Backwards Compatibility

2007-02-12 Thread Otto Moerbeek
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

Filesystem Backwards Compatibility

2007-02-12 Thread Clint Pachl
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? -pachl