From: Pierre LEWis (lewis@bnrmtl.bnr.ca)
Date: 03/09/92


From: lewis@bnrmtl.bnr.ca (Pierre LEWis)
Subject: Re: Linux File System Document Revision 1.0
Date: 9 Mar 1992 21:41:13 GMT

In article <1992Mar9.143345.23474@rock.concert.net>, abc@banjo.concert.net
(Alan B Clegg) writes:

> Root Directory:
>
> Files:
> {none defined by spec}
>
> Directories:
> bin dev etc home lib mnt usr
>
> Rationale:
> The root directory should not be cluttered with files or
> directories, and should contain no user programs.
>

Where is the kernel stored? On SunOS, I find it under / (as /vmunix) and
as far as I understand, the same applies to most Unices (although the name
varies, e.g. unix, xenix, hp-ux).