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Definition of a file system [duplicate]

I'm trying to understand what is exactly a file system. I found various answers on the web including the ones provided here: Is a file system just the layout of folders?. While these answers provide ...

yusuf

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asked Sep 14, 2020 at 21:41

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File system "extents" and "clusters"

I'm trying to learn about HFS+ and it keeps referring to "extents." Wikipedia Fork Data Attribute records contain references to a maximum of eight extents that can hold larger attributes. ...

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asked Feb 17, 2012 at 4:42

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When referring to filesystems and disks, are "disk sectors", "disk blocks", "chunk size", and "disk records" the same thing?

I'm pretty sure that a sector is basically a block, but I was moreso confused about chunk sizes and especially records. Some system calls require that your area in memory that buffers data from disk ...

Kaitlyn Mcmordie

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asked Oct 25, 2011 at 18:38

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What do we mean by mounting a filesystem?

I am new to filesystems and trying to understand mounting. Is it something like adding a node in tree?

budha

asked Sep 10, 2011 at 15:00

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