Thanks for this link, It was very Helpful Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 7:03 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Let Us Part
> dfox wrote: > > > > > *click* Ahh, now it all makes sense. If I'm understanding you and Randy > > > correctly, there's always a folder within / called usr. If I wish, I can > > > mount a partition as /usr and that hides the contents of the 'real' usr > > > > Essentially. But /usr is there, at least if the directory entry for > > it is created. The 'hiding' isn't really an intention, but it's a > > side effect. If you have your normal usr on another partition, then you > > have just a directory entry 'usr' on that partition. Once it's mounted > > at /usr, tnen the previously (usually) empty directory gets 'replaced' > > with what's at the mount point. The idea is not necessarily to hade > > any existing contents in /usr, but of course if you were to stuff a > > few files in there, and then mounted a partition at /usr, and then > > unmounted it - guess what -- :) your original contents at /usr would > > still be there. > > > > Another example -- most people put /home on a separate partition. As > > an example, my physical partition /dev/hdb1 is just a filesystem with > > a couple of entries (dfox root and others) in it. /hone is not there. > > But /home is a directory entry on the / partition. Without that partition > > mounted, I would not be albe to go to my home directory (/home/dfox) because > > /home contains no files (and thus no directory 'dfox'). But if I take > > that partition and put it at /home by mounting it, then (voila) I get > > /home/dfox, /home/root, /home/ftp and the others. > > > > And if I had a partition with /home in it, I'd end up with /home/home/dfox, > > which is obviously not what is needed :). > > > > By extension, '/' (the root) doesn't really exist, then. I have a > > partition that contains directories such as bin, usr, etc, var > > perhaps, lib, and so forth, and I mount that on /, and I get /bin, > > /usr, /lib, and so forth. / isn't physically at least, a partition. > > > > Damn, that lot made my head spin... I will read it again in the morning. > > I thought that during initializing if a partition didn't exist (i.e. > /home), it creates it as a directory. If it does exist, it gets treated > like a directory. If a partition fits inside a directory (i.e. /home/http) > it creates the directory /home and just points the pointer for /http to the > partition. > > Michael > > -- > Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in. > -- H.R. Haldeman > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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