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Re: Updating an existing XFS 1.0 system

To: "Jonathan B. Bayer" <jbayer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Updating an existing XFS 1.0 system
From: Thomas Duffy <tduffy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 11 Jul 2001 18:07:44 -0700
Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On 11 Jul 2001 21:00:13 -0400, Jonathan B. Bayer wrote:
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> Hello linux-xfs,
> 
> I have a system which is running the initial release of XFS (1.0).  This
> is on a RedHat 7.1 system, and I used your modified installer to
> install.
> 
> How do I go about updating the kernel to the latest version?  When I was
> reading the README it mentioned that the inode size was reduced by 60-70
> bytes, this makes me nervous about simply installing the new RPMS.

should not be an issue.  you can just upgrade the userland and kernel
rpms and it should work fine.  remember that the xfs on disk format has
not changed in specification.

-tduffy


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