Summary
A file system is a directory that organizes files in a logical order and stores them in separate physical media, such as hard disk, floppy disk, or CD-ROM. The file system in Solaris has a directory structure with a single root. The root is the primary directory of the file system. The three types of file systems that Solaris supports are disk-based, memory-based, and network-based. Disk-based file types can be applied over physical disks. Memory-based file systems are virtual file systems. Network-based file systems enable file sharing across a network.
The Solaris file system consists of five blocks: boot block, super block, inode block, data block, and vnodes. The boot block helps to load the operating system. The super block contains ...
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