Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 2-3:
A directory
listing for the
Pi's root ile
system
he directories visible on the default Debian distribution are as follows:
❍
boot—
his contains the Linux kernel and other packages needed to start the Pi.
❍
bin—
Operating system-related binary iles, like those required to run the GUI, are
stored here.
❍
dev
—his is a virtual directory, which doesn't actually exist on the SD card. All the
devices connected to the system—including storage devices, the sound card and the
HDMI port—can be accessed from here.
❍
etc
—his stores miscellaneous coniguration iles, including the list of users and their
encrypted passwords.
❍
home—
Each user gets a subdirectory beneath this directory to store all their personal
iles.
❍
lib
—his is a storage space for
libraries
, which are shared bits of code required by
numerous diferent applications.
❍
lost+found
—his is a special directory where
ile fragments
are stored if the system
crashes.
