Thread: Explain the filesystem to me please?
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sljonson is offline sljonson
2009-12-07 , 22:09
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#17
Originally Posted by jflatt View Post
So why the 2GB partition at /dev/mmcblk0p2 (/home)? Is this for the rest of the system that wouldnt fit in the rootfs? Basically, /home is stuff we shouldn't really touch, and /dev/mmcblk0p1 (/home/user/MyDocs) we can use?
This the opt (/home/opt) area where installed applications and data are supposed to me installed. The /home/user/MyDocs and memory card partitions are umounted in USB mass storage mode. Applications don't their library and files disappearing while they are running. Hence the reason for 2G /opt (aka /home/opt) partition. /opt is never un-mounted. So applications won't break in mysterious ways in USB mass storage mode.