Design and Implementation of EXT2 File System Maker
Shen Yu-chao · Xihua Daxue xuebao. Zhexue shehui kexue ban · 2012
This paper describes the concepts and technology of EXT2 file system from a developer's view,such as superblock,group descriptors,block bitmap of the group,i node bitmap of the group,i nodes of the group,data blocks of the group and root directory etc.Taking a file system maker for 1.44MB floppy disk as an example,the design and implementation of a Linux based EXT2 file system maker is discussed.The floppy disk formatting program is successfully implemented on an Ubuntu10.04 Linux PC based on Intel Pentium IV CPU,the formatted floppy disks can be used on operating systems that support EXT2.