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Write anywhere file-system layout

  • US 6,289,356 B1
  • Filed: 09/14/1998
  • Issued: 09/11/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for recording a plurality of data about a plurality of blocks of data stored in storage means comprising the steps of:

  • maintaining a means for recording multiple usage bits per block of said storage means, wherein one bit of said multiple bits per block for each of said blocks indicates a block'"'"'s membership in an active file system and one or more bits indicated membership in one or more read-only copies of a file system; and

    storing, in said means for recording multiple usage bits per block, multiple bits for each of said plurality of said blocks of said storage means.

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