Chapter 11Checking Out the Linux FilesystemIn This Chapter (Web and email hosting)
Chapter 11Checking Out the Linux FilesystemIn This Chapter Discovering the rootdirectory and subdirectories Discerning partitions from directories Adding removable media to the filesystem Caring for your filesystem Accessing shared files on Windows computersI have an existential map. It has You are here written all over it. Steven WrightOne of the most frustrating things about learning a new operating system can be figuring out where it keeps files. Rather than keep allimportant system files in a single directory, such as the C:Windowsdirec- tory in Microsoft Windows, Linux follows the lead of its Unix cousins andspreads things out a bit more. Although the Linux and Windows setupsinvolve different methods, they are both logical, though it may not feel that way until you understand where to look. Another issue you come across is adding new media hard drives, floppydisks, CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs, zip disks, and more to the existing filesystem. In this chapter, I focus on how the filesystem is organized and other handytopics, such as how to access data on a floppy disk. (In Chapter 10, you canfind hints on how to do this when looking through the file managers.) Introducing the Linux FilesystemLinux may be all by itself on your hard drive, or maybe it s sharing your hard drive with another operating system, such as Microsoft Windows. Allthe hard drive space you allocated for Linux during the installation process