Suppose file1.txt and file2.txt are both text files in a UNIX file system where each i-node has 8 direct block addresses followed by an indirect block. Suppose file1.txt has 5 blocks of data whereas file2.txt has 11 blocks of data. What are the similarities between their i-nodes? What is the main dissimilarity between their i-nodes?

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Suppose file1.txt and file2.txt are both text files in a UNIX file system where each i-node has 8 direct block addresses followed by an indirect block. Suppose file1.txt has 5 blocks of data whereas file2.txt has 11 blocks of data.

What are the similarities between their i-nodes?

What is the main dissimilarity between their i-nodes?

 

Suppose a file named file1.txt stores five blocks of data, in blocks 2, 3, 5, 7, and 11 in a FAT-32 file system.


(a) What does the directory entry for this file look like?
(b) What do the FAT entries for this file look like?

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