Chapter 9. The FreeBSD Filesystem

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To understand how FreeBSD operates, it is essential to have a clear idea of how the system manages files, and the critical differences between FreeBSD's method and the way other operating systems do it.

FreeBSD uses FFS, the BSD Fast File System. It is a common misconception that modern BSD UNIXs use UFS (Universal or UNIX File System, depending on who you ...

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