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Re: Dselect and Block Device?



On Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 09:23:26PM -0600, Tom Anzalone wrote:
> device name?  I typed CD-ROM, hdc1, and numerous other names but none

try /dev/hdc

Block devices for ide drives/cdrom's always start with /dev/hd and the
third letter corresponds to where it is installed in the drive chain. 

a = primary ide chain, master drive
b = primary ide chain, slave drive
c = secondary ide chain, master drive
d = secondary ide chain, slave drive

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