In article <376 at axis.fr> loic at axis.fr (Loic Dachary) writes: > I really wonder why root inode is 2. In the old ages it was 1 (CACM 74). >When did it change ? I seem to recall that it changed between 6th and 7th Edition, i.e. around 1977. I think inode 1 was reserved for chaining bad blocks onto, but I don't recall that being implemented.