Boot File System
Developer(s) | Bell Labs[citation needed] |
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Full name | Boot File System |
Introduced | with UNIX System V |
Partition identifier | 0x63 (MBR) |
Structures | |
Directory contents | single inode table |
File allocation | 16bit Inodes |
Limits | |
Max. filename length | 14 characters |
Other | |
Supported operating systems | UnixWare |
The Boot File System (Named BFS on Linux, but BFS also refers to the Be File System) was used on UnixWare to store files necessary to its boot process.[1]
It does not support directories, and only allows contiguous allocation for files, to make it simpler to be used by the boot loader.
Implementations
Besides the UnixWare support, Martin Hinner wrote a bfs kernel module for Linux that supports it.[2]
He documented the file system layout as part of the process.[3]
The original BFS was written at AT&T Bell Laboratories for the UNIX System V, Version 4.0 porting base in 1986.[citation needed] It was written by Ron Schnell, who is also the author of Dunnet (game).[citation needed]
BFS was the first non-S5[clarification needed] (System V) Filesystem written using VFS (Virtual Filesystem) for AT&T UNIX.