what happens when we create a file system?



what happens when we create a file system? ..

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when fs is created disk space is divided into blocks, these blks are further catagorised into boot block, inode block, super block and data block.
boot block contains boot strap code
inode block contais all the properties of files (permissions, size ,uid etc)
super block contains free inodes and used inodes list and status bit of file (1 or 0)
Data block is used to store data.

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