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Mike Wright mike.wright at mailinator.com
Mon Sep 23 20:20:56 UTC 2013


09/23/2013 01:13 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
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> On 23/09/13 15:05, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
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>> 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
>>
> Perhaps I did not make that clear, I refer to the the "b"  in "brw-rw----."

There are two types of /devices, block and character.  "b" refers to 
block devices (typically ones with filesystems).  "c" refers to 
character devices (things like keyboards and mouses, modems, and other 
serial devices).

I don't think you can just change them around ;)


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