Indexed/grouped allocation (of disk blocks to a file) is useful because:
(A) It supports both sequential and direct access.
(B) The entire data block is available for data (no pointers embedded in it).
(C) It does not require a lot of space for keeping pointers.
(D) It has no external fragmentation.
(A) It supports both sequential and direct access.
(B) The entire data block is available for data (no pointers embedded in it).
(C) It does not require a lot of space for keeping pointers.
(D) It has no external fragmentation.
Pick an option to check yourself, or open the answer below.
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D. (D) (A), (B) and (D) only
More System Software and Operating System questions
- A moving-head disk has 200 tracks, numbered 0 to 199. The head has just finished a request at track 125 and is currently at track 143 (so i…
- A disk head is currently at cylinder 50. The pending requests, in the order they arrived, are for cylinders: 4, 34, 10, 7, 19, 73, 2, 15, 6…
- Consider an operating system capable of loading and executing a single sequential user process at a time. The disk head scheduling algorith…
- What is called journaling in a Linux operating system?
- In a file allocation system, the following allocation schemes are used: (A) Contiguous allocation, (B) Indexed allocation, (C) Linked alloc…
- Suppose a Linux file system has a block size of 2K bytes, a disk address is 32 bits, and an i-node contains the disk addresses of the first…