When I enter df -h in Terminal, I see /dev/root is listed, but when I cd /dev and then ls, no root directory is shown. This was not the case when running Wheezy, hence the subject question.
Thanks for help/guidance.
Ray
Where is /dev/root in Jessie?
Nov 09, 2015
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/dev/root is not a directory, it is a symlink pointing to a device node.
As it is not required for anything, maybe it is no longer created. (it is just a convenience feature)
In which case, the original poster should try ls -l /dev/root to see where it is pointing.
I'm running Debian unstable on an AMD64 PC, and there is no /dev/root. Ah, here's why
/dev/root should not be used anymore, since it is unreliable. It therefore was removed on purpose and won't be coming back.
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Or to be extra sure, "sudo ls -dal /dev/root"
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