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+>The root filesystem</TITLE
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+><TH
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+ALIGN="center"
+>The Linux System Administrators' Guide</TH
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="10%"
+ALIGN="left"
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+><A
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+>Prev</A
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+><TD
+WIDTH="80%"
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+>Chapter 3. Overview of the Directory Tree</TD
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+><A
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+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><H1
+CLASS="SECT1"
+><A
+NAME="AEN267"
+>The root filesystem</A
+></H1
+><P
+>The root filesystem should generally be small, since
+ it contains very critical files and a small, infrequently
+ modified filesystem has a better chance of not getting corrupted.
+ A corrupted root filesystem will generally mean that the system
+ becomes unbootable except with special measures (e.g., from a
+ floppy), so you don't want to risk it.</P
+><P
+>The root directory generally doesn't contain any files, except
+ perhaps the standard boot image for the system, usually called
+ <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/vmlinuz</TT
+>. All other files are in subdirectories in the
+ root filesystems:
+
+ <DIV
+CLASS="GLOSSLIST"
+><DL
+><DT
+><B
+><TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/bin</TT
+></B
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>Commands needed during bootup
+ that might be used by normal users (probably after
+ bootup).</P
+></DD
+><DT
+><B
+><TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/sbin</TT
+></B
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>Like <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/bin</TT
+>,
+ but the commands are not intended for normal
+ users, although they may use them if necessary and
+ allowed.</P
+></DD
+><DT
+><B
+><TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/etc</TT
+></B
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>Configuration files specific to the
+ machine.</P
+></DD
+><DT
+><B
+><TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/root</TT
+></B
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>The home directory for user
+ \texttt{root}.</P
+></DD
+><DT
+><B
+><TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/lib</TT
+></B
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>Shared libraries needed by the programs
+ on the root filesystem.</P
+></DD
+><DT
+><B
+><TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/lib/modules</TT
+></B
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>Loadable kernel modules, especially
+ those that are needed to boot the system when
+ recovering from disasters (e.g., network and filesystem
+ drivers).</P
+></DD
+><DT
+><B
+><TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/dev</TT
+></B
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>Device files.</P
+></DD
+><DT
+><B
+><TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/tmp</TT
+></B
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>Temporary files. Programs running after
+ bootup should use <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/var/tmp</TT
+>, not
+ <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/tmp</TT
+>, since the former is probably
+ on a disk with more space.</P
+></DD
+><DT
+><B
+><TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/boot</TT
+></B
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>Files used by the bootstrap loader,
+ e.g., LILO. Kernel images are often kept here instead
+ of in the root directory. If there are many kernel
+ images, the directory can easily grow rather big, and it
+ might be better to keep it in a separate filesystem.
+ Another reason would be to make sure the kernel
+ images are within the first 1024 cylinders of an IDE
+ disk.</P
+></DD
+><DT
+><B
+><TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/mnt</TT
+></B
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>Mount point for temporary mounts by
+ the system administrator. Programs aren't supposed
+ to mount on <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/mnt</TT
+> automatically.
+ <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/mnt</TT
+> might be divided into
+ subdirectories (e.g., <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/mnt/dosa</TT
+>
+ might be the floppy drive using an MS-DOS filesystem,
+ and <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/mnt/exta</TT
+> might be the same
+ with an ext2 filesystem).</P
+></DD
+><DT
+><B
+><TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/proc</TT
+>, <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/usr</TT
+>, <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/var</TT
+>, <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/home</TT
+></B
+></DT
+><DD
+><P
+>Mount points for the other
+ filesystems.</P
+></DD
+></DL
+></DIV
+>
+ </P
+></DIV
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+ALIGN="LEFT"
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+WIDTH="33%"
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+><A
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+>Prev</A
+></TD
+><TD
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+><A
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+>Home</A
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+><A
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+>Next</A
+></TD
+></TR
+><TR
+><TD
+WIDTH="33%"
+ALIGN="left"
+VALIGN="top"
+>Overview of the Directory Tree</TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="34%"
+ALIGN="center"
+VALIGN="top"
+><A
+HREF="c212.html"
+>Up</A
+></TD
+><TD
+WIDTH="33%"
+ALIGN="right"
+VALIGN="top"
+>The <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/etc</TT
+> directory</TD
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