Linux terminology poll

[mrcharly-YHT]

Quick poll about terminology for (expert) Linux users

[gustibus]

I'd consider the root of a filesystem (in UNIX) to be /

/root is the home directory of the superuser i.e. the home directory of the administrative user  (in windows terms)

[Chris S]

First one, obv.

[vorsprung]

The root of the file system is /

root user is called root as that user owns the root directory node

[Feanor]

I voted for the first, obviously, but it says at the root of a filesystem, suggesting there may be some choice.

/ is the root of the filesystem.

But it's possible someone may consider a mount-point directory as the root of a mounted filesystem.
( I'd not call it that, and would only use the term root for / like most people. )

[fuaran]

But why would you want to put a file in / ?
It seems like a bad idea in terms of security etc.

[mrcharly-YHT]

The SD card can be used as the 'source' of the kernel/filesystem image.  A flashed U-Boot bootloader is configured to check the SD card for a file with a specific name; if it exists, then U-Boot tries to load it.