Grub Manual

[Alan M. Evans]

On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 15:59 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:   
> And you and others keep thinking there is just one root directory in
> your computer.

Perhaps we think that because it's true. "Root directory" has a
well-defined meaning. It is the directory at the root of the file
system. It is called "/" and there can be only one. The root of a
partition cannot be this directory, unless that partition is mounted at
the root of the file system.

> I removed the boot directory from the main root and put it in a whole
> new partition.

Well, /boot is *normally* in its own partition. This still does not mean
that any of the files therein are in the root directory. No matter how
you put it, *none* of the files in the /boot directory are in the root
directory.

> Now this whole new partition also has a root directory.

No. It does not.

> Guess where the files are located?

No need to guess. They are in the partition. They are not in any
directory until the partition is mounted into the file system. Still,
there is only one "root directory," regardless of how many partitions
are mounted on the file system.