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9. The inode allocation bitmap

The format of the inode allocation bitmap block is exactly like the format of the block allocation bitmap block. The explanation above is valid here, with the work block replaced by inode. Typically, there are much less inodes then blocks in a blocks group and thus only part of the inode bitmap block is used. The number of inodes in a blocks group is another variable which is listed in the superblock.


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