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[Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA]

I spent the last half hour googling with no success. What does the "b" 
mean and how is it controlled?

[root at box10 bobg]# ll /dev/sdb*
brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 16 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb
brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 17 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb1

Bob

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box10   Fedora-19 Linux/XFCE