GATE CS 2019 Set 1 — Question 52

NAT+2 / -0MediumInode & Unix FSFile SystemsOperating System

Operating System → File Systems → Inode & Unix FS

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The index node (inode) of a Unix-like file system has 12 direct, one single-indirect and one double-indirect pointers. The disk block size is 4 kB, and the disk block address is 32-bits long. The maximum possible file size is (rounded off to 1 decimal place)_______GB.

= 4\text{ kB} = 2^{12}

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= 4\text{ kB} = 2^{12}

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