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Boot Volume Directory Structure
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This is the directory layout of the boot volume::
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home/config
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<like system, but without haiku_loader, kernel_<arch>, and runtime_loader>
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system
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add-ons
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apps
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bin
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boot
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cache*
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data
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demos
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develop
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documentation
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lib
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non-packaged*
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packages*
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preferences
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servers
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settings*
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var*
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haiku_loader
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kernel_<arch>
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runtime_loader
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trash
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The structure mostly equals the pre-package management directory structure with
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the following changes:
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- ``common`` has been removed, or more correctly it has been merged into
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``system``. All system-wide software is now installed (only) in ``system``.
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- The ``develop`` directory has been removed and its contents has been moved to
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the ``system/develop`` directory.
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- The ``include`` directory has been removed. Its contents lives in
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``develop/headers`` now.
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- ``optional`` has been removed. Optional features can just be installed via the
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package manager.
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- ``share`` and ``etc`` (in ``common``) have been removed. Their contents goes
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to ``data``, ``documentation``, or ``settings`` (in ``system`` or, for
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packages installed there, in ``home``) as appropriate. There's
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``settings/etc`` which is where ported Unix software will usually store their
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global settings.
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- ``apps`` and ``preferences`` have been moved to ``system`` for consistency.
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- ``system`` and ``home/config`` each sport a ``packages`` directory, which
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contains the activated packages.
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- ``system`` and ``home/config`` themselves are mount points for two instances
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of the packagefs, i.e. each contains the virtually extracted contents of the
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activated packages in the respective ``packages`` subdirectory. The
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directories marked with ``*`` are "shine-through" directories. They are not
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provided by the packagefs, but are the underlying directories of the boot
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volume. Unlike the other directories they are writable.
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- ``system`` and ``home/config`` each contain a directory ``non-packaged``
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which has the same structure as their parent directory minus the shine-through
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directories. In the ``non-packaged`` directories software can be installed the
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traditional -- non-packaged -- way.
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