Operating Systems2080.15 marksImplementing Files
Discuss about contiguous and linked list file allocation technique.
Discuss about contiguous and linked list file allocation technique. [5]
In contiguous allocation, each file is stored as a contiguous run of disk blocks on the disk. The directory entry for each file records the starting block address and the length of the file. Example: - On a disk with 1-KB blocks, a 50-KB file is allocated 50 consecutive blocks. - On a disk with 4...