An inode-based file system uses 4 Kbyte blocks and 4-byte block numbers. What is the largest file size that the file system can handle if an inode has 12 direct blocks, 1 indirect block, and 1 double indirect block

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Please refer to this textbook: “A. Silberschatz, P. B. Galvin and G. Gagne, “Operating System Principles,”7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2006.”

 

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An inode-based file system uses 4 Kbyte blocks and 4-byte block numbers. What is the largest file size that the file system can handle if an inode has 12 direct blocks, 1 indirect block, and 1 double indirect block?

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