Boot File System
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| Developer(s) | Bell Labs[citation needed] |
|---|---|
| Full name | Boot File System |
| Introduced | with UNIX System V |
| Partition IDs | 0x63 (MBR) |
| Structures | |
| Directory contents | single inode table |
| File allocation | 16-bit inodes |
| Limits | |
| Max filename length | 14 characters |
| Other | |
| Supported operating systems | SVR4, UnixWare[citation needed] |
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.[1]
It does not support directories, and only allows contiguous allocation for files, to make it simpler to be used by the boot loader.