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6. Post‐boot Setup

Pradosh edited this page Apr 5, 2026 · 1 revision

Initializing the system

When you completed the login-phase you will meet the kernel shell (fsh). If you want to run any real world applications you must load toybox and then run any software.

By default root is not mounted. You have to mount your root. Run the following command to get the list of block devices. (Inside fsh)

lsblk

Mounting the Root Partition

Before any mounting or configuration you must mount root partition by

mount <diskname> /

There are two types of disk (as on date):

Example Description
disk0p1 AHCI Disks (SATA and SATAPI) are classified here, disks may start from zero, but partitions start from one.
nvme0n1p1 NVMe Disks are classified here with same principles as above

Mounting /proc

/proc can be mounted using the command,

mount proc /proc

You have full freedom to select the mount path but beware anything other than /proc will break your compatibility with software

Mounting /dev

/dev can be mounted using the command,

mount dev /dev

You have full freedom to select the mount path but beware anything other than /dev will break your compatibility with software

Mounting /sys

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