From: slix@svcs1.UUCP (Bill Miller) Subject: which /dev corresponds to my MSDOS disk? Date: 30 Aug 1992 05:25:18 GMT
Hi Linuxers:
I've been playing a bit more with 0.97.1 and have gotten confused with
all the different files in the /dev directory. i've read the FAQ and it
doesn't seem to help much in my particular case.
The basic problem is that my HD (a Seagate 1144A, 130Meg IDE) has been
"Superstored". The C: is a compressed mounted filesystem, and D: (which
is really C: until devswap swaps the drive letters) is a standard
DR-DOS (MSDOS) file system.
I know I shouldn't be able to read the compressed part of the drive with
Linux (although it would be really nice :) but so far I am at a loss to
find the proper /dev name to work with the uncompressed portion of the
hard disk. I've tried /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, /dev/hd1, /dev/hd2, etc.,
and I just get either "bread failed" or "/dev/something faild or mount
busy" errors.