Grub Manual
Robert P. J. Day
rpjday at crashcourse.ca
Fri Oct 19 16:10:54 UTC 2007
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-10-19 at 11:46 -0400, Jacques B. wrote:
>
> > Splitting hairs? Not really. The "root directory" (terminology
> > used by Karl) to most would be /root on a running Linux system.
> > That term
>
> I always thought the root directory (on a running system--not with
> respect to Grub) was / (the root node of the directory tree), not to
> be confused with the superuser's home directory, /root. (Yikes,
> more overloading...)
heh. indeed. when i'm teaching intro linux (and, yes, as frightening
as it sounds, i actually train people in the use of linux), i'm
typically *very* careful about my terminology:
/ *the* root directory
/root *root's* home directory
/home *the* home directory, as opposed to ...
/home/fred *fred's* home directory
distinguishing between these early saves all sorts of grief down the
road.
rday
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