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History Requirements Inside the system Files and directories Viewing text files Printing files
Copying files Devices Storage File types Filesystem structure

Filesystem structure

The filesystem is a row of blocks (1/2KB, 1KB, 2KB and 2KB+), including:

* boot block
* super block
- filesystem name
- size in blocks
- pointers
- time and date
- node information
- free block information
* node list
* block list
* swap block


Each block might be on a separate device or on the same the loader is.