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The data blocks of a very large file in the Unix file system are allocated using

  1. continuous allocation
  2. linked allocation
  3. indexed allocation
  4. an extension of indexed allocation

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The data blocks of a very large file in the unix file system are allocated using an extension of indexed allocation or $\textsf{EXT2}$ file system. Hence, option (D) is the right answer.

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The Unix file system uses an extension of indexed allocation. It uses direct blocks, single indirect blocks, double indirect blocks and triple indirect blocks
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