places: / vs. File System

[Luis Paulo]

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Albert Wagner <albertwagner at cox.net> wrote:
> On 06/18/2010 01:14 PM, Albert Wagner wrote:
>
> I've just upgraded from 8.04 to 10.04.   Among the differences that confuse
> me is the difference in the "Places" menu between "/" and "File System".
> Both bring up a File Browser, with mostly the same directories, but with
> different contents.  I have always assumed that there was only one directory
> tree in Linux, so this difference in contents confuses me.  Can someone
> please clarify this for me?
>
> I mispoke.  Click "/" in "Places" menu.  Then "File System" appears with
> "_-File Browser" in title bar.  When "File System" clicked, an alternate
> view of file system appears with "/-File Browser" in title bar. Below is a
> small snapshot comparing the two views of the tree.
>
> _- File Browser                        /- File Browser
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> bin        90 items            bin    125 items
> boot       15 items            boot    14 items
> cdrom       0 items link to media/cdrom cdrom    0 items
> debootstrap 1 item             (no matching folder)
> dev     1,622 items            dev    203 items
> etc       210 items            etc    221 items
>   acpi           31 items        acpi 31 items
>   alsa           1 item          (no matching folder)
>   alternatives 163 items         alternatives 140 items
>   apm                          (no matching folder)
>   (no matching folder)         apparmor       5 items
>                     (skip down)
>     fstab      800 bytes         fstab        935 bytes
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I'm not using 10.04, and I don't have "/" on my Places Menu.
So, I'm thinking that your "/" can be a bookmark.

Check the Bookmarks menu on nautilus (File Browser), select Edit
bookmarks and if there is a / entry.
If there is one, see the location it points to. It may may point to
another partition (like a mounted external disk?) with a old system,
other that the one you are actually using.

Just a thought
Regards
Luis