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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007installation. It is unlikely that all of the 15 possible partitions on a disk would be necessary just to support Linux. On the Exam Be sure that you understand how partition numbering works. In particular, pay attention to the differences in numbering between primary, extended, and logical partitions. The root filesystem and mount points As a Linux system boots, the first filesystem that becomes available is the top level, or root filesystem, denoted with a single forward slash.* In a simple installation, the root filesystem could contain nearly everything on the system. However, such an arrangement could lead to system failure if the root filesystem fills to capacity. Instead, multiple partitions are typically defined, each containing one of the directories under /. As the Linux kernel boots, the partitions are mounted to the root filesystem, and together create a single unified filesystem. (Mounting is the subject of Objective 3.) Everything on the system that is not stored in a mounted partition is stored locally in /. The mounted filesystems are placed on separate partitions and possibly multiple disk drives. The choice of which directories are placed into separate partitions is both a personal and technical decision. Here are some guidelines for individual partitions: / (the root directory) Since the only filesystem mounted at the start of the boot process is /, certain directories must be part of it in order to be available for the boot process. These include: /bin and /sbin Contain required system binary programs /dev Contains device files /etc Contains boot configuration information /lib Contains program libraries These directories are always part of the single / partition. See the description of the FHS in Objective 8 for more on the requirements for the root filesystem. * The root filesystem /, often called the root directory, shouldn t be confused with the root superuser account or the superuser s home directory, /root. The distinct directories / and /root are unrelated and are not required to share the same disk partition. 74 Devices, Linux Filesystems, and the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (Topic 2.4)
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