Filesystem
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This page describes the contents of the Linux filesystem underlying the XO, particularly some unusual aspects of its use.
See JFFS2 and UBIFS on XO for the implementation of the file system on the XO.
Store things you want to persist under /home/olpc
If store data elsewhere it will be gone after the next reboot. Shi 13:57, 24 January 2008 (EST)
Example Showing Filesystem Raw Treemap
Filesystem Treemap Sections

Joyride 2174 treemap
You can see the two OS images that have previously been installed using olpc-update. /versions/pristine is the original data, /versions/run are hard linked to pristine (unless modified by the user). Top right is the actual running OS data (hard linked to one of the /versions/run blocks). /home/olpc stores all user generated data (Journal entries, Activities, etc).
You can see the two OS images that have previously been installed using olpc-update. /versions/pristine is the original data, /versions/run are hard linked to pristine (unless modified by the user). Top right is the actual running OS data (hard linked to one of the /versions/run blocks). /home/olpc stores all user generated data (Journal entries, Activities, etc).