code: private void writeMetaContinuation()
    {
      TempBuffer tBuf = TempBuffer.create();
      byte []buffer = tBuf.buffer();
      
      int metaLength = _segmentMeta[0].size();
      
      SegmentExtent extent = new SegmentExtent(0, _addressTail, metaLength);
      
      _metaExtents.add(extent);
      
      _addressTail += metaLength;
      
      int offset = 0;
      buffer[offset++] = CODE_META_SEGMENT;
      
      long address = extent.address();
      int length = extent.length();
      
      long value = (address & ~0xffff) | (length >> 16);
      
      offset += BitsUtil.writeLong(buffer, offset, value);
      
      int crc = _nonce;
      crc = Crc32Caucho.generate(crc, buffer, 0, offset);
  
      offset += BitsUtil.writeInt(buffer, offset, crc);
  
      try (OutStore sOut = openWrite(_metaOffset, offset)) {
        sOut.write(_metaOffset, buffer, 0, offset);
      }
      
      tBuf.free();
      
      _metaAddress = address;
      _metaOffset = address;
      _metaTail = address + length;
    }
docs: Writes a continuation entry, which points to a new meta-data segment.