Re: btfs disk compatibility between i386 and amd64

2022-01-29 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 28 ian 22, 17:44:59, Joseph Brenner wrote: > > Careful, unlink in the *nix world typically means delete (a file), while > you probably meant unmount / mount. > > Yes, precisely. > > > > In general there shouldn't be a problem for newer kernels to read older > versions of a particular file

Re: btfs disk compatibility between i386 and amd64

2022-01-28 Thread Joseph Brenner
> Careful, unlink in the *nix world typically means delete (a file), while you probably meant unmount / mount. Yes, precisely. > In general there shouldn't be a problem for newer kernels to read older versions of a particular file system[1], but the other way around can be a problem. That's int

Re: btfs disk compatibility between i386 and amd64

2022-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 26 ian 22, 17:33:04, Joseph Brenner wrote: > I was wondering if the on-disk data format for btrfs is > compatible between the i386 and amd64 code bases-- > e.g. would you expect to be able to swap data drives > between machines running either? In general yes. > I've got an old i386 instal

btfs disk compatibility between i386 and amd64

2022-01-26 Thread Joseph Brenner
I was wondering if the on-disk data format for btrfs is compatible between the i386 and amd64 code bases-- e.g. would you expect to be able to swap data drives between machines running either? I've got an old i386 installation with /home in it's own partition, and I'm wondering if I can expect to