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| Note: power users should know how to use find, so lets keep this article beginner-friendly! | | Note: power users should know how to use find, so lets keep this article beginner-friendly! |
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- | == Location table ==
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- | {|class="wikitable" | + | === Location table === |
- | |+ N900 mount points
| + | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; |
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| !File manager path | | !File manager path |
| !Real path | | !Real path |
- | !Size of the partition
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- | !Partition Type
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- | !Device
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- | |root | + | |Nokia N900 |
- | |<code>/</code> | + | |/home/user/MyDocs |
- | |256 MiB
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- | |rootfs
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- | |Built in to processor chip
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- | |space for software installations etc. | + | |Nokia N900/Documents |
- | |<code>/home</code> | + | |/home/user/MyDocs/.documents |
- | |2 GiB
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- | |ext3
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- | |Partition of 32 GB memory chip
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- | |Nokia N900 | + | |Nokia N900/Images |
- | |<code>[[MyDocs folder|/home/user/MyDocs]]</code> | + | |/home/user/MyDocs/.images |
- | |27 GiB | + | |- |
- | |vfat (default) | + | |Nokia N900/Sounds |
- | |Partition of 32 GB memory chip | + | |/home/user/MyDocs/.sounds |
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| + | |Nokia N900/Videos |
| + | |/home/user/MyDocs/.videos |
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| |Memory card | | |Memory card |
- | |<code>/media/mmc1</code> | + | |/media/mmc1 |
- | |Memory card's size
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- | |N/A
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- | |microSD memory card
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- | |-
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- | |Swap
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- | | -
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- | |768 MiB
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- | |swap
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- | |Partition of 32 GB memory chip
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| |} | | |} |
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- | '''Please notice, that units are [[:wikipedia:Gibibyte|Gibibytes]] (GiB), not [[:wikipedia:Gigabytes|Gigabytes]] (GB). N900 specs say 32 GB, not 32 GiB''' | + | And if you still don't find what you're looking for, you can try to use find at terminal as following: |
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- | eMMC is a image of 32 GB chip. See [[Updating the firmware]]
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- | 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:
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- | /home/user/MyDocs
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- | == Instructions for viewing hidden files ==
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- | All files that start with period (.), are hidden files/folders. For example:
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- | /home/user/.thisishiddenfile.txt
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- | /home/user/MyDocs/.images/
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- | ; Mac
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- | : Use <code>ls -a</code> in [[terminal]] or [http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/hiddenfiles.html a Dashboard Widget]
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- | ; Windows
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- | : 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". [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/hiddenfiles.mspx Learn more]
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- | ; GNOME - Nautilus
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- | : In the '''View''' menu of the file manager, check the "Hidden files" checkbox. [http://library.gnome.org/users/user-guide/stable/nautilus-hidden-files.html.en Learn more]. The keyboard shortcut is Control+H.
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- | ; KDE - Dolphin
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- | : In the '''View''' menu of the file manager, select "Show Hidden Files" [http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase-apps/dolphin/dolphin-interface.html Learn more]
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- | ; Command line
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- | : Use <code>ls -a</code> in a terminal. This will work on your Nokia N770, N8xx, and N900 as well as any Linux distro or system.
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- | == Further reading ==
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- | * [[:wikipedia:Unix directory structure|The Unix directory structure]] article from Wikipedia. | + | <code>find /path/ -name filename*</code> |
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| + | Path can be for example / but it will give you errors if you dont have [[Root access]]. And if you don't give exact filename, remember to use wildcards(*)! |
| [[Category:Beginners]] | | [[Category:Beginners]] |
- | [[Category:N900]]
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