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Re: new to debian



Michael B. Levy wrote:

3)  How do I figure out which /dev item corresponds to
which drive?  I have a hdc and hdd.  Is hdc the master
and hdd the slave?
On an IDE system with two IDE ports:

hda = master on IDE 0
hdb = slave on IDE 0
hdc = master on IDE 1
hdd = slave on IDE 1

You must have one of those newer Gateways or Dells that has the hard drive on the second IDE port for some reason. Does that serve some sort of purpose other than confusing people who have been putting the drive on the first IDE port since IDE was invented?

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Kent



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