From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pv0-f170.google.com (mail-pv0-f170.google.com [74.125.83.170]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B7ADC1A37E for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2010 19:05:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: by pvb32 with SMTP id 32so1227546pvb.29 for ; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:05:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:comments:date; bh=8xf0fwqSSZLPT02U2M+MKKnB9woHfbNHvMtkzaRIJnI=; b=YpberWZ5FS/b7EkZ81Dr8DKULl+3jBHBjzveY99qXBhReSApNmIvwGGZ2+hwIHZuxO Z0+eo0IdrQBdJOeoCqXVvwpqTMx/zkQvyUneB4Kj5n5MsPyIVRIS1USy7zU/dGepBsCZ 87y/KU7AD/WgtKW+Y/vYP6XH4IC14iaPEWPm8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:references:comments:date; b=acZotVxdkVDCloONNJvybYtdAbXsr9xIhzfjoUIQjIavXYRt3PNjR0WlK8CotIZ297 VbFvQ7qm8+prmc+FTVRnV+MDXbbAO2486o52XQHnhSXbCTKh6+3vShMu3tmmIjxwCD66 bb5i/C5Y0clqEMJqa71S3jaMLN/Kgc6UzlKBc= Received: by 10.114.151.5 with SMTP id y5mr6257608wad.172.1280703937542; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:05:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (ip24-253-221-18.ok.ok.cox.net [24.253.221.18]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 33sm10052974wad.18.2010.08.01.16.05.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:05:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4c55fdc1.2104720a.5633.4c67@mx.google.com> From: Chris Brannon To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: talking arch disk In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Jude DaShiell message dated "Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:37:28 -0400." Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:05:52 -0500 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 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: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:05:38 -0000 > What has me puzzled > about the architecture of archlinux is the use of /mnt where files get > placed, yet mirror directories like /etc exist outside of /mnt. Here's the deal with /mnt. When you're booted from the CD, after you finish with the installer, the root partition of your installed system should be mounted there. If it isn't, you need to mount it there. When you're booted from CD, files in /etc come from the CD. Actually, they're in a union filesystem. It's a union of the CD's tree and an in-memory filesystem, so you can write to it, as well as read from it. Once you have booted from hard drive, none of your system's files will be under /mnt. It's just a mount point. Hope this is a clear explanation. So you went through the install process? Could you tell anything about the system when it booted? -- Chris