Questions tagged [root-filesystem]
The root filesystem (`/`) contains the kernel and utilities needed to boot a system.
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How to create partitions on a volume with the root filesystem mounted on the enitre disk
I have a server with the root filesystem / mounted on /dev/sda, i.e., the entire disk, which has no partitions. This situation makes me uncomfortable, and I would like to partition the disk and put ...
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How can I set chown and chmod permanently, also for new files?
I installed texlive as usual in /usr/local/texlive/2025. When installing I typed umask 0027 prior to each command (./configure, make...), hoping that the resulting files would have root as owner and ...
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What is /mnt used for, and how does it differ from /media? [duplicate]
Linux newbie here. Was reading about the Linux filesystem and came across the directories /mnt and /media. AFAIK, they're both used for mounting, and I heard /media was the "new" one and it ...
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What is the recommended partition size for a /root partition? [personal machine] [closed]
What is the generalized recommended size for a /root partition on a personal machine? I am trying to decide how much I should put into /root and how much into the /home partition for a Debian-based OS....
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A process called "Opera" (the browser is not installed) constantly uses 100% of my CPU. Does anyone know what this is?
I have a server box I use to host various web applications and game servers for friends. I recently connected to it to check how it was running, and discovered a program "Opera" trying to ...
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How to overlay root (/) of a running server with my set of directories?
I would appreciate if you could help me with the following problem. I am developing a set of utilities with different configurations and thus I need to debug them. My own notebook serves as a base for ...
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How do I fix a corrupted file system?
My NAS went offline today. I could not even boot up. I have extracted the OS drive (Debian Bookworm) and plugged it into my laptop via an adapter. I failed mounting it, with the error: unknown ...
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Unable to find which files are consuming disk space in root partition
When I try to display file usage on the root partition using an application like FileLight, it gives me this output: However, I see different total usage in the Dolphin File Manager. I got to see ...
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