This was my question:
>Hello, managers.
>
>I am about to repartition my machine (a DEC 2000 AXP 300), as the first
>step to upgrade from 3.2c to 4.0d. I have two filesystems, / and /usr,
>both with advfs.
>
>I've had no problems having advfs on the root partition. However, due to
>some comments I've seen on the list, I'd like to convert it to ufs. The
>question is: how do I do it? A guess is vdump everithing, then
>repartition, newfs the root partition and vrestore it. But, is it
>possible? The vdump manual page says that the term "fileset" applies also
>to ufs file systems, but I'd like to be sure.
Thanks to:
Mike D Cross <crossmd_at_mh.uk.sbphrd.com>
Julian Rodriguez <Julian.Rodriguez_at_digital.com>
Roger Picard <Roger.Picard_at_digital.com>
Alan Rollow <alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com>
The general consensus is that vdump/vrestore can be used with no problems
on UFS filesystems.
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