Date: 07 Jan 2004 10:06:03 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: sonylloyd@metacrawler.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cd rom device naming - thanks for helping Message-ID: <44n08zre78.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <9CBE64A24BF7E4E438291A99AC182FBD@sonylloyd.metacrawler.com> References: <9CBE64A24BF7E4E438291A99AC182FBD@sonylloyd.metacrawler.com>
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"Craig Lloyd" <sonylloyd@metacrawler.com> writes: > ->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!!!) > > OS that I have -> FreeBSD 5.1 Historical reasons. Those devices are the ones in use on 4.x. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area: resume/CV at http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/resume/ username/password "public"
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