Disks and Filesystems

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Prof. Brian D. Davison

Computer Science & Engineering, Lehigh University

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Hard drive organization

Hard drive organization

A logical block may actually consist of multiple disk sectors.

Hard drive organization

Hard drive organization

Creating a file

Creating a file

Creating a file

Creating a file

Reading a file

Large files

Large files

Files in Directories

Thought Questions:

Relevant system calls

pwd

Full implementation is beyond the class; answer in Molay chapter 4

Multiple File Systems