Operating Systems20785 marksFree Space Management
What approaches are using for managing free disk spaces? Explain linked list approaches with example.
What approaches are using for managing free disk spaces? Explain linked list approaches with example. [5]
The system maintains a free space list to keep track of disk blocks not allocated to any file or directory. The two main approaches are: 1. Bitmap (Bit Vector) 2. Linked List --- In the linked list approach, all free disk blocks are linked together. Each free block contains a pointer to the next ...