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N900 filesystem

2010-02-08T09:11:09Z

82.130.21.216: /* Location table */

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 ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
|-
!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
|[http://wiki.maemo.org/MyDocs_folder /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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte Gibibytes] [GiB], not [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabytes 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
<code>/home/user/MyDocs</code>

== Instructions for viewing hidden files ==

; Mac
: Use ls -a in terminal or [http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/hiddenfiles.html 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". [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/hiddenfiles.mspx Learn more]
; GNOME
: 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.
; KDE
: 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]

== Further reading ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_directory_structure The Unix directory structure] article from wikipedia.

[[Category:Beginners]]
[[Category:N900]]

N900 filesystem

2010-02-08T09:10:19Z

82.130.21.216: /* Location table */ gigibytes -> gibibytes (corrected term)

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 ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;
|-
!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
|[http://wiki.maemo.org/MyDocs_folder /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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte Gibibytes][GiB], not [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabytes 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
<code>/home/user/MyDocs</code>

== Instructions for viewing hidden files ==

; Mac
: Use ls -a in terminal or [http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/hiddenfiles.html 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". [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/hiddenfiles.mspx Learn more]
; GNOME
: 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.
; KDE
: 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]

== Further reading ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_directory_structure The Unix directory structure] article from wikipedia.

[[Category:Beginners]]
[[Category:N900]]