markwolfe Veteran Posted June 27, 2007 Author Veteran Share Posted June 27, 2007 "http://www.micronux.com/catalog/article_info.php?articles_id=6" is a dead link, you should get rid of it Thanks. Replaced link with copy of page from archive.org (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted July 7, 2007 Share Posted July 7, 2007 Thank you for this thread! I just installed openSUSE 10.2 on a dual boot with Vista and I was wondering about the directory structure (perhaps a better term than file system in this case) works. Why does root have exclusive access to so many directories in / ? Why did the installer mount my NTFS Windows partition to /windows/C instead of /mnt/windows/C? This may be a distro thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3m0nb0y Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 "This Linux file system is crazy..."This FAQ is a quick overview that I have written to summarize how the files are generally organized into their directories. I have often described this, in the past, as looking at a vertical vs. horizontal method of determining where different files should be placed. :blink: However, that doesn't really clear things up for 99% of the people I have tried to describe this to, so I will attempt to better explain this here. I will cover the file & directory organization in very broad brush strokes. For more detailed information, there are thousands of in-depth resources to be found with a brief google. Most Linux books cover this as well (but are often skipped as they aren't readily understood by most people who haven't worked with Linux for a while). Awesome post, gave me greater insight to Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vivicidal- Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 All I can say is thank you. THis really clears up some questions I had and has rekindled my love of Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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