The Boot File System (Named BFS on Linux, but BFS also refers to the Be File System) was used on UnixWare to store files necessary to its boot process.
| Developer(s) | The SCO Group |
|---|---|
| Full name | Boot File System |
| Introduced | with UnixWare |
| Partition IDs | 0x63 (MBR) |
| Structures | |
| Directory contents | single inode table |
| File allocation | 16bit Inodes |
| Limits | |
| Max filename length | 14 characters |
| Other | |
| Supported operating systems | UnixWare |
It does not support directories, and only allows contiguous allocation for files, to make it simpler to be used by the boot loader.
Implementations
Besides the UnixWare support, Martin Hinner wrote a bfs kernel module for Linux that supports it.[1]
He documented the file system layout as part of the process.[2]
- ^ Martin Hinner (1999). "UnixWare boot filesystem for Linux". Martin Hinner. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ Martin Hinner (1999). "The BFS filesystem structure". Martin Hinner. Retrieved 2008-12-21.