Grub Manual
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Fri Oct 19 19:55:57 UTC 2007
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> 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
>
God help his students :-)
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Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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