The root directory, or root folder, describes the uppermost folder on a hard drive partition. If your business computer contains a single partition, this partition will be the "C" drive and contains ...

Is there a reason you can't map the root of an SMB file server as a drive? My router is providing DNS via dnsmasq. As expected, I get a list of all the shares on the file server. I've tried this with ...

The new HTC flagship device is pretty hot right now, and it serves as an interesting middle ground between a Nexus-style root, and the more hackery ones. Like the Nexus, we need to unlock the ...

The btrfsck command is a filesystem-check command like fsck, but it works with the btrfs file system. First a little bit about btrfs. As the name implies, btrfs uses a B-tree data structure that is ...

The way the Linux file system is laid out makes perfect sense. I've been using Linux for so many years that I can't imagine another file system making more sense. When I consider how the Windows file ...

Wow, what a stupid mistake to make! A very important note to myself: never ever again launch a batch-file (that has "del" command with "/Q" switch in it) before being absolutely certain that paths are ...