Voici le contenu d'un exemple de système racine et d'une disquette utilitaire.

 /:
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 bin
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         4096 Nov  1 15:39 dev
 drwx--x--x   3 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 etc
 drwx--x--x   4 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 lib
 drwx--x--x   5 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 mnt
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 proc
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 root
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 sbin
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 tmp
 drwx--x--x   7 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 usr
 drwx--x--x   5 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 var
 /bin:
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        62660 Nov  1 15:39 ash
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         9032 Nov  1 15:39 cat
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        10276 Nov  1 15:39 chmod
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         9592 Nov  1 15:39 chown
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        23124 Nov  1 15:39 cp
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        23028 Nov  1 15:39 date
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        14052 Nov  1 15:39 dd
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        14144 Nov  1 15:39 df
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        69444 Nov  1 15:39 egrep
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root          395 Nov  1 15:39 false
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        69444 Nov  1 15:39 fgrep
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        69444 Nov  1 15:39 grep
 -rwx--x--x   3 root     root        45436 Nov  1 15:39 gunzip
 -rwx--x--x   3 root     root        45436 Nov  1 15:39 gzip
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         8008 Nov  1 15:39 hostname
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        12736 Nov  1 15:39 ln
 -rws--x--x   1 root     root        15284 Nov  1 15:39 login
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        29308 Nov  1 15:39 ls
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         8268 Nov  1 15:39 mkdir
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         8920 Nov  1 15:39 mknod
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        24836 Nov  1 15:39 more
 -rws--x--x   1 root     root        37640 Nov  1 15:39 mount
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        12240 Nov  1 15:39 mt
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        12932 Nov  1 15:39 mv
 -r-x--x--x   1 root     root        12324 Nov  1 15:39 ps
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         5388 Nov  1 15:39 pwd
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        10092 Nov  1 15:39 rm
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            3 Nov  1 15:39 sh -> ash
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        25296 Nov  1 15:39 stty
 -rws--x--x   1 root     root        12648 Nov  1 15:39 su
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         4444 Nov  1 15:39 sync
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        19712 Nov  1 15:39 touch
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root          395 Nov  1 15:39 true
 -rws--x--x   1 root     root        19084 Nov  1 15:39 umount
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         5368 Nov  1 15:39 uname
 -rwx--x--x   3 root     root        45436 Nov  1 15:39 zcat
 /dev:
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            6 Nov  1 15:39 cdrom -> cdu31a
 brw-rw-r--   1 root     root      15,   0 May  5  1998 cdu31a
 crw-------   1 root     root       4,   0 Nov  1 15:29 console
 crw-rw-rw-   1 root     uucp       5,  64 Sep  9 19:46 cua0
 crw-rw-rw-   1 root     uucp       5,  65 May  5  1998 cua1
 crw-rw-rw-   1 root     uucp       5,  66 May  5  1998 cua2
 crw-rw-rw-   1 root     uucp       5,  67 May  5  1998 cua3
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,   0 Aug  8 13:54 fd0
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  36 Aug  8 13:54 fd0CompaQ
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  84 Aug  8 13:55 fd0D1040
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  88 Aug  8 13:55 fd0D1120
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  12 Aug  8 13:54 fd0D360
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  16 Aug  8 13:54 fd0D720
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2, 120 Aug  8 13:55 fd0D800
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  32 Aug  8 13:54 fd0E2880
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2, 104 Aug  8 13:55 fd0E3200
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2, 108 Aug  8 13:55 fd0E3520
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2, 112 Aug  8 13:55 fd0E3840
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  28 Aug  8 13:54 fd0H1440
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2, 124 Aug  8 13:55 fd0H1600
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  44 Aug  8 13:55 fd0H1680
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  60 Aug  8 13:55 fd0H1722
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  76 Aug  8 13:55 fd0H1743
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  96 Aug  8 13:55 fd0H1760
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2, 116 Aug  8 13:55 fd0H1840
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2, 100 Aug  8 13:55 fd0H1920
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            7 Nov  1 15:39 fd0H360 -> fd0D360
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            7 Nov  1 15:39 fd0H720 -> fd0D720
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  52 Aug  8 13:55 fd0H820
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  68 Aug  8 13:55 fd0H830
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,   4 Aug  8 13:54 fd0d360
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,   8 Aug  8 13:54 fd0h1200
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  40 Aug  8 13:54 fd0h1440
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  56 Aug  8 13:55 fd0h1476
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  72 Aug  8 13:55 fd0h1494
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  92 Aug  8 13:55 fd0h1600
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  20 Aug  8 13:54 fd0h360
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  48 Aug  8 13:55 fd0h410
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  64 Aug  8 13:55 fd0h420
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  24 Aug  8 13:54 fd0h720
 brw-rw----   1 root     floppy     2,  80 Aug  8 13:55 fd0h880
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,   0 May  5  1998 hda
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,   1 May  5  1998 hda1
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,   2 May  5  1998 hda2
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,   3 May  5  1998 hda3
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,   4 May  5  1998 hda4
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,   5 May  5  1998 hda5
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,   6 May  5  1998 hda6
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,  64 May  5  1998 hdb
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,  65 May  5  1998 hdb1
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,  66 May  5  1998 hdb2
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,  67 May  5  1998 hdb3
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,  68 May  5  1998 hdb4
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,  69 May  5  1998 hdb5
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       3,  70 May  5  1998 hdb6
 crw-r-----   1 root     kmem       1,   2 May  5  1998 kmem
 crw-r-----   1 root     kmem       1,   1 May  5  1998 mem
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           12 Nov  1 15:39 modem -> ttyS1
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           12 Nov  1 15:39 mouse -> psaux
 crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root       1,   3 May  5  1998 null
 crwxrwxrwx   1 root     root      10,   1 Oct  5 20:22 psaux
 brw-r-----   1 root     disk       1,   1 May  5  1998 ram
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       1,   0 May  5  1998 ram0
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       1,   1 May  5  1998 ram1
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       1,   2 May  5  1998 ram2
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       1,   3 May  5  1998 ram3
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       1,   4 May  5  1998 ram4
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       1,   5 May  5  1998 ram5
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       1,   6 May  5  1998 ram6
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       1,   7 May  5  1998 ram7
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       1,   8 May  5  1998 ram8
 brw-rw----   1 root     disk       1,   9 May  5  1998 ram9
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            4 Nov  1 15:39 ramdisk -> ram0
 ***  Je n'ai inclus de périphériques que pour les partitions IDE que
 ***  j'utilise. Si vous utilisez du SCSI, prenez les périphériques
 ***  /dev/sdXX à la place.
 crw-------   1 root     root       4,   0 May  5  1998 tty0
 crw-w-----   1 root     tty        4,   1 Nov  1 15:39 tty1
 crw-------   1 root     root       4,   2 Nov  1 15:29 tty2
 crw-------   1 root     root       4,   3 Nov  1 15:29 tty3
 crw-------   1 root     root       4,   4 Nov  1 15:29 tty4
 crw-------   1 root     root       4,   5 Nov  1 15:29 tty5
 crw-------   1 root     root       4,   6 Nov  1 15:29 tty6
 crw-------   1 root     root       4,   7 May  5  1998 tty7
 crw-------   1 root     tty        4,   8 May  5  1998 tty8
 crw-------   1 root     tty        4,   9 May  8 12:57 tty9
 crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root       4,  65 Nov  1 12:17 ttyS1
 crw-rw-rw-   1 root     root       1,   5 May  5  1998 zero
 /etc:
 -rw-------   1 root     root          164 Nov  1 15:39 conf.modules
 -rw-------   1 root     root          668 Nov  1 15:39 fstab
 -rw-------   1 root     root           71 Nov  1 15:39 gettydefs
 -rw-------   1 root     root          389 Nov  1 15:39 group
 -rw-------   1 root     root          413 Nov  1 15:39 inittab
 -rw-------   1 root     root           65 Nov  1 15:39 issue
 -rw-r--r--   1 root     root          746 Nov  1 15:39 ld.so.cache
 -rw-------   1 root     root           32 Nov  1 15:39 motd
 -rw-------   1 root     root          949 Nov  1 15:39 nsswitch.conf
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 pam.d
 -rw-------   1 root     root          139 Nov  1 15:39 passwd
 -rw-------   1 root     root          516 Nov  1 15:39 profile
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root          387 Nov  1 15:39 rc
 -rw-------   1 root     root           55 Nov  1 15:39 shells
 -rw-------   1 root     root          774 Nov  1 15:39 termcap
 -rw-------   1 root     root           78 Nov  1 15:39 ttytype
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           15 Nov  1 15:39 utmp -> ../var/run/utmp
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           15 Nov  1 15:39 wtmp -> ../var/log/wtmp
 /etc/pam.d:
 -rw-------   1 root     root          356 Nov  1 15:39 other
 /lib:
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        45415 Nov  1 15:39 ld-2.0.7.so
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           11 Nov  1 15:39 ld-linux.so.2 -> ld-2.0.7.so
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       731548 Nov  1 15:39 libc-2.0.7.so
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           13 Nov  1 15:39 libc.so.6 -> libc-2.0.7.so
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           17 Nov  1 15:39 libcom_err.so.2 -> libcom_err.so.2.0
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         6209 Nov  1 15:39 libcom_err.so.2.0
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root       153881 Nov  1 15:39 libcrypt-2.0.7.so
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           17 Nov  1 15:39 libcrypt.so.1 -> libcrypt-2.0.7.so
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        12962 Nov  1 15:39 libdl-2.0.7.so
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           14 Nov  1 15:39 libdl.so.2 -> libdl-2.0.7.so
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           16 Nov  1 15:39 libext2fs.so.2 -> libext2fs.so.2.4
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        81382 Nov  1 15:39 libext2fs.so.2.4
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        25222 Nov  1 15:39 libnsl-2.0.7.so
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           15 Nov  1 15:39 libnsl.so.1 -> libnsl-2.0.7.so
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root       178336 Nov  1 15:39 libnss_files-2.0.7.so
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           21 Nov  1 15:39 libnss_files.so.1 -> libnss_files-2.0.7.so
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           14 Nov  1 15:39 libpam.so.0 -> libpam.so.0.64
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        26906 Nov  1 15:39 libpam.so.0.64
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           19 Nov  1 15:39 libpam_misc.so.0 -> libpam_misc.so.0.64
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         7086 Nov  1 15:39 libpam_misc.so.0.64
 -r-xr-xr-x   1 root     root        35615 Nov  1 15:39 libproc.so.1.2.6
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           15 Nov  1 15:39 libpwdb.so.0 -> libpwdb.so.0.54
 -rw-r-r---   1 root     root       121899 Nov  1 15:39 libpwdb.so.0.54
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           19 Nov  1 15:39 libtermcap.so.2 -> libtermcap.so.2.0.8
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        12041 Nov  1 15:39 libtermcap.so.2.0.8
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root        12874 Nov  1 15:39 libutil-2.0.7.so
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           16 Nov  1 15:39 libutil.so.1 -> libutil-2.0.7.so
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           14 Nov  1 15:39 libuuid.so.1 -> libuuid.so.1.1
 -rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root         8039 Nov  1 15:39 libuuid.so.1.1
 drwx--x--x   3 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 modules
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 security
 /lib/modules:
 drwx--x--x   4 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 2.0.35
 /lib/modules/2.0.35:
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 block
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 cdrom
 /lib/modules/2.0.35/block:
 drwx------   1 root     root         7156 Nov  1 15:39 loop.o
 /lib/modules/2.0.35/cdrom:
 drwx------   1 root     root        24108 Nov  1 15:39 cdu31a.o
 /lib/security:
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         8771 Nov  1 15:39 pam_permit.so
 ***  Répertoires bases pour les montages
 /mnt:
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 cdrom
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 floppy
 /proc:
 /root:
 -rw-------   1 root     root          176 Nov  1 15:39 .bashrc
 -rw-------   1 root     root          182 Nov  1 15:39 .cshrc
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root          455 Nov  1 15:39 .profile
 -rw-------   1 root     root         4014 Nov  1 15:39 .tcshrc
 /sbin:
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        23976 Nov  1 15:39 depmod
 -rwx--x--x   2 root     root       274600 Nov  1 15:39 e2fsck
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        41268 Nov  1 15:39 fdisk
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         9396 Nov  1 15:39 fsck
 -rwx--x--x   2 root     root       274600 Nov  1 15:39 fsck.ext2
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        29556 Nov  1 15:39 getty
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         6620 Nov  1 15:39 halt
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        23116 Nov  1 15:39 init
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        25612 Nov  1 15:39 insmod
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        10368 Nov  1 15:39 kerneld
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root       110400 Nov  1 15:39 ldconfig
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         6108 Nov  1 15:39 lsmod
 -rwx--x--x   2 root     root        17400 Nov  1 15:39 mke2fs
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         4072 Nov  1 15:39 mkfs
 -rwx--x--x   2 root     root        17400 Nov  1 15:39 mkfs.ext2
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         5664 Nov  1 15:39 mkswap
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        22032 Nov  1 15:39 modprobe
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            4 Nov  1 15:39 reboot -> halt
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         7492 Nov  1 15:39 rmmod
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        12932 Nov  1 15:39 shutdown
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            6 Nov  1 15:39 swapoff -> swapon
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         5124 Nov  1 15:39 swapon
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root            4 Nov  1 15:39 telinit -> init
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         6944 Nov  1 15:39 update
 /tmp:
 /usr:
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 bin
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 lib
 drwx--x--x   3 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 man
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 sbin
 drwx--x--x   3 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 share
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           10 Nov  1 15:39 tmp -> ../var/tmp
 /usr/bin:
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        37164 Nov  1 15:39 afio
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         5044 Nov  1 15:39 chroot
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        10656 Nov  1 15:39 cut
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        63652 Nov  1 15:39 diff
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        12972 Nov  1 15:39 du
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        56552 Nov  1 15:39 find
 -r-x--x--x   1 root     root         6280 Nov  1 15:39 free
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         7680 Nov  1 15:39 head
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         8504 Nov  1 15:39 id
 -r-sr-xr-x   1 root     bin          4200 Nov  1 15:39 passwd
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        14856 Nov  1 15:39 tail
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root        19008 Nov  1 15:39 tr
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         7160 Nov  1 15:39 wc
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         4412 Nov  1 15:39 whoami
 /usr/lib:
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           17 Nov  1 15:39 libncurses.so.4 -> libncurses.so.4.2
 -rw-r-r---   1 root     root       260474 Nov  1 15:39 libncurses.so.4.2
 /usr/sbin:
 -r-x--x--x   1 root     root        13684 Nov  1 15:39 fuser
 -rwx--x--x   1 root     root         3876 Nov  1 15:39 mklost+found
 /usr/share:
 drwx--x--x   4 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 terminfo
 /usr/share/terminfo:
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 l
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 v
 /usr/share/terminfo/l:
 -rw-------   1 root     root         1552 Nov  1 15:39 linux
 -rw-------   1 root     root         1516 Nov  1 15:39 linux-m
 -rw-------   1 root     root         1583 Nov  1 15:39 linux-nic
 /usr/share/terminfo/v:
 -rw-------   2 root     root         1143 Nov  1 15:39 vt100
 -rw-------   2 root     root         1143 Nov  1 15:39 vt100-am
 /var:
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 log
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 run
 drwx--x--x   2 root     root         1024 Nov  1 15:39 tmp
 /var/log:
 -rw-------   1 root     root            0 Nov  1 15:39 wtmp
 /var/run:
 -rw-------   1 root     root            0 Nov  1 15:39 utmp
 /var/tmp: