Looking in the "detailed system information" part of the GNOME system information monitoring software, I see some things under "disk information" that I don't completely understand. Here's a rundown of all the info: 1. Mount point: / /dev/hdc1 type ext2 3,189 MB, 2,564 free (2,726 superuser) 415,168 inodes, 390,113 free - okay, I know that's my root partition from when I ran diskdrake way back when. my questions here are: what's the significance of the superuser distinction in the memory sizes? what are inodes? i kept up with the ext2 vs reiser debate and i think i'd like to switch to reiser, how do i do that? 2. Mount point: /proc device none type proc no information for this filesystem - what's up? im clueless. what's proc and why is it its own filesystem type? why is there no information? 3. Moint poing: /dev/pts device none type devpts no information - same questions as #2, just substitute devpts for proc in the question. 4. Mount point: /home /dev/hdc7 ext2 10,828 MB, 10,196 free (10,747 superuser) 1,409.024 inodes, 1,401,348 free - is it just me or is this a MASSIVE waste of space? shouldnt this thing be shrunk way down? i wont ask the superuser question or inode questions again, just left the numbers in there in case they would matter for someone who actually knows what theyre talking about. oh, and why is the superuser free number bigger than the regular free one? 5. Mount point: /mnt/windows /dev/hdd1 (i've gotten in the habit of calling this one "h diddy", as in, "hey mom make sure to boot to 'h diddy' because ive got to write down a website from my ie favorites) vfat 29,299 MB, 19,780 free (19,780 superuser) 0 inodes, 0 free - what does superuser mean in a windows context? and hey, "dude, wheres my inodes?" 6. Mount point: /usr /dev/hdc6 ext2 4,921 MB, 1,885 free (2,135 superuser) 640,000 inodes, 486,348 free - dammit why'd i make this so small... this should be way bigger right? i'm planning a repartitioning party, see my next email for details. quick question on this one: why are these out of order? why werent they displayed hdc1, 6, 7, hdd, etc...? im listing them as they appear top to bottom in the gnome system information tool. 7. Mount point: /proc/bus/usb device /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs 1,054,278 MB, 0 free (0 superuser) 1,078,982,051 nodes, 0 free - i know this is my usb device, but how does my usb port have memory? is usbdevfs (or the other filesystems cited in #s 2, 3, 8, and 9 for that matter) a filesystem type? how are they different from other disk filesystem types? 8. Mount point: /miscdevice automount(pid464) type autofs no information on this filesystem - clueless again, please explain. i know automount is for cds and stuff, but whats the /misc? autofs? pid464? 9. Mount poing: /net device automount(pid480) type autofs no information on this filesystem - ok, why 480 instead of 464? whats the difference between /misc and /net automounts? Looks like I'm done for now. Thank you to those who took the time to read this because I know the printout is pretty overwhelming. Peace, Isaac
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