"Tirumurti Vasudevan" <agnihot3@gmail.com> writes: > string two says: > For example, when using Linux as the kernel, \"(hd0,1)\" > refers to the same partition as the /dev/sda1 device node. > > linux as kernel? > is there any other? Yes. See http://www.debian.org/ports/ - Debian GNU/Hurd - Debian GNU/NetBSD - Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Wasn't there something about an OpenSolaris port as well? Matthias