N900 filesystem

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 / 512 MiB Built in to processor chip
space for software installations etc. /home 4 GiB Partition of 32 GB memory chip
Nokia N900 /home/user/MyDocs 25 GiB Partition of 32 GB memory chip
Memory card /media/mmc1 Memory card's size microSD memory card
Swap - 768 MiB Partition of 32 GB memory chip

Please notice, that units are Gibibytes (GiB), not Gigabytes (GB). N900 specs say 32 GB, not 32 GiB

eMMC is a image of 32 GB chip. See Updating the firmware

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 in your N900 to computer is: 

/home/user/MyDocs

Instructions for viewing hidden files

All files that start with period (.), are hidden files. For example: 

/home/user/.thisishiddenfile.txt
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

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