permissions
major minor
device name
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 0 Sep 8 1994 hda
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 1 Sep 8 1994 hda1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 10 Sep 8 1994 hda10
brw-rw---- 1 root &nbnbsp; disk
3, 11 Sep 8 1994 hda11
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 12 Sep 8 1994 hda12
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 13 Sep 8 1994 hda13
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 14 Sep 8 1994 hda14
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 15 Sep 8 1994 hda15
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 16 Aug 2 1996 hda16
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 2 Sep 8 1994 hda2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 3 Sep 8 1994 hda3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 4 Sep 8 1994 hda4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 5 Sep 8 1994 hda5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk &nbsdisk
3, 6 Sep 8 1994 hda6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 7 Sep 8 1994 hda7
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 8 Sep 8 1994 hda8
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
3, 9 Sep 8 1994 hda9
here you can see hda and hdax here hda is master boot record of ide master harddisk
other hardisks are listed like
/dev/hdb primary slave ide major=3 , minor=64-80
/dev/hdc secondary master ide major=22 , minor
=0-16
/dev/hdd secondary slave ide major=22 ,
minor = 64-80
for scsi interfaces you can use /dev/sd**
major minor
device name
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 0 Sep 12 1994 sda
brwbsp; 1994 sda
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 1 Sep 12 1994 sda1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 10 Sep 12 1994 sda10
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 11 Sep 12 1994 sda11
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 12 Sep 12 1994 sda12
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 13 Sep 12 1994 sda13
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 14 Sep 12 1994 sda14
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 15 Sep 12 1994 sda15
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 2 Sep 12 1994 sda2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 3 Sep 12 1994 sda3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 4 Sep 12 1994 sda4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk &k
8, 5 Sep 12 1994 sda5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 6 Sep 12 1994 sda6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 7 Sep 12 1994 sda7
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 8 Sep 12 1994 sda8
brw-rw---- 1 root disk
8, 9 Sep 12 1994 sda9
other scsi harddisks are listed:
/dev/sdb
major=8,minor=16-31
/dev/sdc
major=8,minor=32-47
/dev/sdd
major=8,minor=48-63
/dev/sde
major=8,minor=64-72
/dev/sdf  p;
major=8,minor=80-88
...
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this document is written by Sadi Evren SEKER for any suggestion ses@yeditepe.edu.tr