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"
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0 8565372 1038684 7441035 13% /
/proc 0 0 0 0% /proc
fd 0 0 0 0% /dev/fd
mnttab 0 0 0 0% /etc/mnttab
swap 258896 8 258888 1% /var/run
swap 284232 25344 258888 9% /tmp
"

1) this /ddev/fd refers to floppy?

2) what is this /proc? besides a filesystem , what special meaning/puposes does it servers.. as i seem to notice that almost every SUN system has this /proc

3) mnttab refers to the mounting table. why is it empty?

4) the two entries of swap meant that a filesystem can be mounted at 2 different directories. at least it appears to be so.. which. my understanding is that a fielsystem can only be mounted at one diretory at any one time. ... swap is recommended to be twice of ram, genearlyl

please teach... my past experiences deals with logical volumes.. and now have to make the adjustment to sun as my organisation just got a sun sever..

please teach

try out this command:
man 5 proc
for information on /proc
/dev/fd
might be the floppy disk drive , though i always see /dev/fd0