From owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 5 13:22:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11F7516A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 13:22:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from c0mailgw04.prontomail.com (c0mailgwalt.prontomail.com [207.183.238.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3681F43D45 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 13:22:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sonylloyd@metacrawler.com) Received: from c0web103 (c0mailgwalt.prontomail.com [207.183.238.110]) by c0mailgw04.prontomail.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id i05LM3w28861 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 13:22:03 -0800 X-Version: metacrawler 6.23.2425.0 X-SenderIP: 129.42.208.182 From: "Craig Lloyd" Message-Id: Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 16:24:14 -0500 X-Priority: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Web Based Pronto Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: cd rom device naming clarification X-BeenThere: freebsd-config@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: sonylloyd@metacrawler.com List-Id: Installation and Configuration List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 21:22:06 -0000 ->Just an info on something I could found nowhere (searched the device namings section of FreeBSD handbook, books, other forums..etc) I know that IDE ATAPI cdrom drive is acd -> acd0 = 1st IDE ATAPI cdrom acd1 = 2nd IDE ATAPI cdrom acd2 = 3rd IDE ATAPI cdrom ..etc My question: why is there mention in FreeBSD manuals and technicals of acd0a, acd0b..etc Why that letter at the end (which normaly designates a partition --but there's no partitions on a Cd rom!!!) please also tell me when it should be a,b,c,d,e at the end on the cdrom device naming? OS that I have -> FreeBSD 5.1 Craig Lloyd Searching for the best free email? Try MetaCrawler Mail, from the #1 metasearch service on the Web, http://www.metacrawler.com From owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 10 16:31:39 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F9D916A4CE for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:31:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDAA043D58 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:31:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fledge.watson.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0B0U6Ud002817; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:30:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Received: from localhost (robert@localhost)i0B0U5b4002814; Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:30:06 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from robert@fledge.watson.org) Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:30:05 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Craig Lloyd In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-config@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cd rom device naming clarification X-BeenThere: freebsd-config@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Installation and Configuration List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:31:39 -0000 On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Craig Lloyd wrote: > ->Just an info on something I could found nowhere (searched the device > namings section of FreeBSD handbook, books, other forums..etc) > > I know that IDE ATAPI cdrom drive is > acd -> > acd0 = 1st IDE ATAPI cdrom > acd1 = 2nd IDE ATAPI cdrom > acd2 = 3rd IDE ATAPI cdrom > ..etc > My question: why is there mention in FreeBSD manuals > and technicals of acd0a, acd0b..etc Why that letter > at the end (which normaly designates a partition --but > there's no partitions on a Cd rom!!!) > please also tell me when it should be a,b,c,d,e at the end > on the cdrom device naming? > > OS that I have -> FreeBSD 5.1 This was a property of our older disk subsystem, and is the case in 4.x (and maybe 5.0). In recent 5.x, this is no longer required, and some of the documentation is probably still out-dated. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Senior Research Scientist, McAfee Research