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From: michi@anvil.oz (Michael Henning)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: inode #1
Keywords: file systems, root inode
Message-ID: <352@anvil.oz>
Date: 11 Apr 89 00:47:53 GMT
Organization: Anvil Designs Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia
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I just did a "find / -inum 1 -print" on an AIX and a Xenix 386 system. As
it turns out, inode 1 is not used. The root inode of every file system is 2.
Can anyone tell me why inode 1 is not used anywhere ?  It seems that it
could be used, since if 0 indicates that a directory entry is free, why
not use inode 1 like any other inode ?

					Michi.
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               | Michael (Michi) Henning                                      |
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