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A UNIX-style inode has 10 direct pointers, one single-indirect and one double-indirect pointer. The block size is 1 KB and a pointer is 4 b…

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A UNIX-style inode has 10 direct pointers, one single-indirect and one double-indirect pointer. The block size is 1 KB and a pointer is 4 bytes. The maximum file size supported is

A65,546 KB
B65,792 KB
C16,843,018 KB
D65,802 KB

Correct answer: D

Explanation

A block holds 256 pointers, so the maximum is 10 + 256 + 256 × 256 = 65,802 blocks of 1 KB.

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