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by **Jeffrey J. Baco** » Thu, 08 Nov 2001 09:50:46

what are these empty directories on the root of my RH7.1 installation for:

/initrd
/opt
/misc
/lost+found

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jeff

by **Dave Bro** » Thu, 08 Nov 2001 11:06:52

> what are these empty directories on the root of my RH7.1 installation for:

> /initrd
> /opt
> /misc
> /lost+found

You might do a search for "Filesystem Hierarchy" and see the document
that's supposed dictate what gets created in /. /opt is standard,
and is for optionally-installed software; /lost+found gets created in
in filesystem that gets fsck'd. Can't say where /initrd and /misc
came from -- they're not in my RH 7.1 install.

--
Dave Brown Austin, TX

by **S. Par** » Sat, 10 Nov 2001 15:02:13

>> what are these empty directories on the root of my RH7.1 installation
>> for:

>> /initrd
>> /opt
>> /misc
>> /lost+found

> You might do a search for "Filesystem Hierarchy" and see the document
> that's supposed dictate what gets created in /. /opt is standard, and
> is for optionally-installed software; /lost+found gets created in in
> filesystem that gets fsck'd. Can't say where /initrd and /misc came
> from -- they're not in my RH 7.1 install.

/initrd is created when general filesystem is created, and to use RAM
disk (man initrd).
/misc is created by autofs package since one of default autofs mounting
point is /misc from /etc/auto.misc.
When you have a doubt of the origin of a file or path, use rpm -qf.

Regards.

by **Richard Cart** » Sun, 11 Nov 2001 09:54:40

: > what are these empty directories on the root of my RH7.1 installation for:
: > /initrd
: > /opt
: > /misc
: > /lost+found

: /lost+found gets created in
: in filesystem that gets fsck'd.

And it's best to leave it there; otherwise files will not
get put there when fsck finds they were misplaced somehow.

For the others, I'd be surprised if they are really empty
directories all the time. Perhaps you weren't logged in
as root, and some files were hidden from you?
--
Rick Carter

Chair, Paradox/Delphi SIG, Cincinnati PC Users Group

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/initrd, /opt, /misc -- what for?

/initrd, /opt, /misc -- what for?

/initrd, /opt, /misc -- what for?

/initrd, /opt, /misc -- what for?

/initrd, /opt, /misc -- what for?