N900 filesystem

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!Real path
!Real path
!Size of the partition
!Size of the partition
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!Device
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|root
|root
|/
|/
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|256MB
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|256MiB
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|Built in to processor chip
|-
|-
|space for software installations etc.
|space for software installations etc.
|/home
|/home
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|2GB
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|2GiB
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|Partition of 32GB memory chip
|-
|-
|Nokia N900
|Nokia N900
|[http://wiki.maemo.org/MyDocs_folder /home/user/MyDocs]
|[http://wiki.maemo.org/MyDocs_folder /home/user/MyDocs]
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|27GB
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|27GiB
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|Partition of 32GB memory chip
|-
|-
|Memory card
|Memory card
|/media/mmc1
|/media/mmc1
|Memory card's size
|Memory card's size
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|microSD memory card
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|-
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|Swap
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| -
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|768MiB
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|Partition of 32GB memory chip
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|-
|}
|}

Revision as of 08:13, 8 February 2010

This article is here to help you find your files you see in file manager but can't seem to find via terminal.

Note: power users should know how to use find, so lets keep this article beginner-friendly!


Location table

File manager path Real path Size of the partition Device
root / 256MiB Built in to processor chip
space for software installations etc. /home 2GiB Partition of 32GB memory chip
Nokia N900 /home/user/MyDocs 27GiB Partition of 32GB memory chip
Memory card /media/mmc1 Memory card's size microSD memory card
Swap - 768MiB Partition of 32GB memory chip

Please notice, that units are Gigibytes[GiB], not Gigabytes [GB]. N900 specs say 32GB, not 32GiB

Note: MyDocs has subfolders that can be seen with file manager, there is an article describing those called MyDocs folder. The folder you see when you plug your N900 to computer is 

/home/user/MyDocs

Instructions for viewing hidden files

Mac
Use ls -a in terminal or a Dashboard Widget
Windows
To see hidden or system files, open the "Tools" menu, and select "Folder Options", then in the "View" tab, check "Show hidden files and folders". Learn more
GNOME
In the View menu of the file manager, check the "Hidden files" checkbox. Learn more. The keyboard shortcut is Control+H.
KDE
In the View menu of the file manager, select "Show Hidden Files" Learn more

Further reading

Retrieved from "http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_filesystem"