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The Second Extended File System

The Second Extended File System

The Extended File System was created by Remy Card, Theodore T’so, and Stephen Tweedie. It removed Minix’s limitations on max fs size and max file name size, but still had problems. This PDF covers the following topics related to The Second Extended File System : Background, Ext2fs features, Physical Layout of an ext2 partition, The ext2 physical superblock, The ext2 group descriptor, The ext2 physical inode, Data Blocks Addressing, Bitmaps, How files use disc blocks, Making and mounting an ext2 partition.

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