9 Mar
2023
9 Mar
'23
6:35 p.m.
"Ron Natalie" <ron(a)ronnatalie.com> wrote:
Version 7 came around with a different filesystem
layout. File sizes
were 32 bits, and the disk block indexes were 24 bits. The latter was
stored as a series of bytes on the disk but expanded into longs in
memeory.
There was no large bit anymore. The first 8 blocks addresses in the
inode were always single indirect, the next two were single indirect,
and the last one was double indirect. (If my memory serves me right)
Wasn't there a triple-indirect block as the very last one?
Arnold