32 votes 32 votes The data blocks of a very large file in the Unix file system are allocated using continuous allocation linked allocation indexed allocation an extension of indexed allocation Operating System gatecse-2008 file-system operating-system normal + – Kathleen asked Sep 11, 2014 Kathleen 15.2k views answer comment Share Follow See all 4 Comments See all 4 4 Comments reply elakashi sharma commented Oct 2, 2018 reply Follow Share UNIX and Linux file system are in syllabus ? 2 votes 2 votes mohan123 commented Nov 2, 2019 reply Follow Share The Unix file system uses an extension of indexed allocation. It uses direct blocks, single indirect blocks, double indirect blocks and triple indirect blocks 8 votes 8 votes prasantkr.singh commented Jan 9 reply Follow Share In unix file systems indexed allocation extends efficiency by using a single block to store indexes pointing to data blocks and reducing disk access time .... 0 votes 0 votes prasantkr.singh commented Jan 9 reply Follow Share . 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 50 votes 50 votes 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. Kalpna Bhargav answered Nov 29, 2014 • edited Jun 17, 2021 by Lakshman Bhaiya Kalpna Bhargav comment Share Follow See all 3 Comments See all 3 3 Comments reply Arjun commented Nov 29, 2014 reply Follow Share Yes. But UFS and EXT2 are not the same. EXT2 is used in Linux but UFS existed even before. (You can consider Unix as a base class and Linux and MAC its two derived classes) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_File_System 17 votes 17 votes Aspi R Osa commented Nov 28, 2015 reply Follow Share where is this question asked from? is this in the syllabus? where to find such questions at? 5 votes 5 votes Asim Siddiqui 4 commented Oct 17, 2018 reply Follow Share CHAPTER 11- IMPLEMENTING FILE SYSTEM TOPIC- ALLOCATION METHODS (INDEXED ALLOCATION) page no- 477 galvin (8th edition) 8 votes 8 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
27 votes 27 votes ans D The Unix file system uses an extension of indexed allocation. It uses direct blocks, single indirect blocks, double indirect blocks and triple indirect blocks Swati Tandel answered Jun 14, 2016 Swati Tandel comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.