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The file system uses an index table stored on the device to identify chains of data storage areas associated with a file, the File Allocation Table (FAT). The FAT is statically allocated at the time of formatting. The table is a linked list of entries for each cluster, a contiguous area of disk storage. Each entry contains either the number of ...
The FAT file system is a file system used on MS-DOS and Windows 9x family of operating systems. [3] It continues to be used on mobile devices and embedded systems, and thus is a well-suited file system for data exchange between computers and devices of almost any type and age from 1981 through to the present.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Design of the FAT file system; ... File Allocation Table; Files-11; Fossil (file system) H. HFS Plus;
All of the Linux filesystem drivers support all three FAT types, namely FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32.Where they differ is in the provision of support for long filenames, beyond the 8.3 filename structure of the original FAT filesystem format, and in the provision of Unix file semantics that do not exist as standard in the FAT filesystem format such as file permissions. [1]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... and reorganization of various data structures and allocation tables within the file system. ... The FAT file systems are ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file systems. ... FAT (8-bit) 6.3 ...
The Transaction-Safe FAT File System (TFAT) of the TFAT12, TFAT16 and TFAT32 file systems is a driver layer modification to the original FAT file systems FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 maintaining two copies (FAT 0 and FAT 1) of the file allocation table instead of two identical ones. While performing a drive operation, changes would be made to FAT 1.
FAT – File Allocation Table, also known as: SAT – Sector Allocation Table; DIFAT – Double-Indirect File Allocation Table; FAT Chain – a group of FAT entries which indicate the sectors allocated to a Stream in the file; Stream – a virtual file which occupies a number of sectors within the CFBF