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From: jgy@hropus.att.com (John Young)
Newsgroups: comp.os.research
Subject: Re: O/S's using bit maps for free disk block lists?
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Date: 2 Apr 88 03:28:43 GMT
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This bit map discussion is quite interesting!
Question:  Previous posters have mentioned the use of bitmaps
for simplyfing contigous allocations.  How is this done with
respect to gap/cylinder optimizations.  Do you keep n maps where
n is the gap size??

	John Young
	AT&T-BL