From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda3.sgi.com [192.48.176.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id n6O2N0C4094518 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:23:00 -0500 Received: from mail.sandeen.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 487F91B596A4 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:23:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.sandeen.net (sandeen.net [209.173.210.139]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id JvPLPMhqTFXaXds6 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:23:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A691B2D.1090600@sandeen.net> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:23:41 -0500 From: Eric Sandeen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Using xfsdump On Linux With IRIX Version 1 FS? References: <008401ca0bf1$64c2eac0$2e48c040$@com> In-Reply-To: <008401ca0bf1$64c2eac0$2e48c040$@com> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: Sean Elble Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com Sean Elble wrote: > Hi all, > > While I am aware that the current kernel implementation of XFS doesn't > support mounting an IRIX filesystem with version 1 directories, I'm not so > sure whether xfsdump/xfsrestore will support the dumping of an IRIX > filesystem with version 1 directories. To be more specific, I am dealing > with an old disk from an Indigo2, running IRIX 6.5.6m with version 1 > (0x1094) directories. I was hoping it had version 2 directories, but after > finding an old SCSI card I could put in a Linux box with XFS support, I > found just the opposite, obviously. I had the old SCSI card back in its > donor system (which was up-and-running) when it occurred to me that > xfsdump/xfsrestore *might* be a possibility, and I can't take it (the donor > system) down again unless I know I can make this work. > > If anyone can give me an answer to this question, I would certainly > appreciate it. I didn't see anything in the man pages, and my Google > searches have proven fruitless thus far, but I've been known to be blind on > occasion. :-) Thanks, in advance. > linux used to work with v1 dirs, though there were some problems. It never got fixed, was not critical for 99.9% of users, and got taken out. But it might work well enough to do what you need. Go through the changelogs or google, and try an older Linux kernel, perhaps .... -Eric _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs