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Figure 5: File Allocation Table
- Allocation of disk blocks to files recorded in a file allocation table
(e.g. MS-DOS, OS/2)
- Sequential Access
- Hold all or part of file allocation table in store to reduce number of disk accesses
- Maximum of two disk accesses per file block access if blocks for the file are referenced
on one file map block (i.e. ideally file blocks should be clustered on the disk)
Omer F Rana
Sat Feb 15 19:06:41 GMT 1997