why does '/' have the inode number 2?

Asked Mar 23 '18 at 06:50

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why does '/' have the inode number 2 ? whereas this is the first directory file of *nix Filesystem Hierarchy, which gets created at first, then logically Inode number of '/' should be 1, but it is not, why??

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edited Mar 23 '18 at 11:53

asked Mar 23 '18 at 06:50

Yuvraj Takey

You have to provide more information. – onetwo12 Mar 23 '18 at 06:56
Thank you @Jean-Baptiste Yunès, This link was also useful to me. http://140.120.7.21/LinuxKernel/LinuxKernel/node16.html – Yuvraj Takey Mar 26 '18 at 13:07

why does '/' have the inode number 2?

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