["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.misc.] On 2007-11-08, Richard Vaughn <rvaughn9@gmail.com> wrote: > I just installed the latest Ubuntu on a plain-vanilla PC. > I took the defaults when it came file system creation. > > I was very surprised to see the contents of /home; he's an ls on / > home: > bin/ dev/ initrd/ lost+found/ proc/ sys/ vmlinuz@ > boot/ dhv/ initrd.img@ media/ root/ tmp/ vmlinuz.old@ > cdrom@ etc/ initrd.img.old@ mnt/ sbin/ usr/ > david/ home/ lib/ opt/ srv/ var/ > > If you're thinking it looks like root, you're right. Here's an > "ls /": > bin/ etc/ initrd.img.old@ mnt/ sbin/ usr/ > work/ > boot/ home/ lib/ opt/ srv/ var/ > cdrom@ initrd/ lost+found/ proc/ sys/ vmlinuz@ > dev/ initrd.img@ media/ root/ tmp/ vmlinuz.old@ > > What's going on here? Is this normal? > > Thanks, > -Richard Vaughn > Was there a previous Linux installation on the /home partition? Do the /home/bin, home/dev/, ... directories contain copies of the contents of /bin, /dev, ...? Why is this crossposted to redhat newsgroups? Did you install Ubuntu on top of an existing redhat system or verse visa?