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Block Group Descriptor Table

Volodymyr Chernetskyi edited this page Dec 27, 2019 · 1 revision

Block Group Descriptor Table

The block group descriptor table is an array of block group descriptors, used to define parameters of every block group. It is located in the block after the superblock - block 1.

Starting Byte Ending Byte Size In Bytes Field Description
0 3 4 Block address of block usage bitmap
4 7 4 Block address of inode usage bitmap
8 11 4 Starting block address of inode table
12 13 2 Number of unallocated blocks in group
14 15 2 Number of unallocated inodes in group
16 17 2 Number of directories in group
18 31 14

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