Gate CS-2004 Question Paper With Solutions

Q. 70 A Unix-style I-node has 10 direct pointers and one single, one double and one

triple indirect pointers. Disk block size is 1 Kbyte, disk block address is 32 bits,

and 48-bit integers are used. What is the maximum possible file size?

(A) 2²⁴ bytes

(B) 2³² bytes

(C) 2³⁴ bytes

(D) 2⁴⁸ bytes

Answer: (C)

Explanation: