From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ylpvm43-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.57.74] helo=ylpvm43.prodigy.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DTqWX-0003aP-00 for ; Thu, 05 May 2005 20:16:57 -0400 Received: from pimout6-ext.prodigy.net (pimout6-int.prodigy.net [207.115.4.22]) by ylpvm43.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j460H2YJ031850 for ; Thu, 5 May 2005 20:17:02 -0400 X-ORBL: [69.234.201.25] Received: from jim (adsl-69-234-201-25.dsl.irvnca.pacbell.net [69.234.201.25]) by pimout6-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.10 milter /8.12.10) with ESMTP id j460Gmoh147660 for ; Thu, 5 May 2005 20:16:57 -0400 From: "jim grimsby" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 17:17:53 -0700 Message-ID: <000901c551d1$0ef13270$220110ac@jim> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Subject: RE: re-installing Debian X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 00:16:58 -0000 Hi, well if he used the default means of setting up his drive then /home is on the root file system. =20 Hth=20 -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Adam Myrow Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:08 PM To: Glenn at home; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: re-installing Debian On Thu, 5 May 2005, Glenn at home wrote: > But I am sure it is on the same partition, because I just do cd /home=20 > from / and I am in home. That does not mean it's on the same partition. That's the way Unix and=20 Linux work. All directories are mounted under /, no matter whether they are on a floppy, hard disk, MP3 player, CD ROM, DVD, etc. The only way to=20 be sure about whether /home is on another partition is to look at=20 /etc/fstab, or do a "df" command without options. If /home is on its own=20 partition, it will be listed, along with its device, and how much space is=20 used and free. Or, if you do "df -h," you'll get the same information in=20 a more readable format with sizes given in whatever unit is appropriate. For example, here is what my system looks like. I have a dual boot system=20 with Windows XP Professional, and Slackware 10.1. I have a large=20 "/backup" partition which I store system backups on before I burn them to=20 DVD+RW. Not surprisingly, Windows takes up way more space than Linux, even with lots of programs under /usr/local which I have compiled myself.=20 I am considering splitting the /backup partition off, and moving=20 /usr/local onto its own partition as well. My hard drive is serial ATA, but for some reason, the kernel support for that is under SCSI, so it=20 shows up as /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda. Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 7.8G 3.5G 4.0G 47% / /dev/sda5 2.0G 532M 1.4G 28% /home /dev/sda7 19G 2.0G 16G 11% /backup /dev/sda2 83G 14G 70G 16% /windows _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup