Re: Re: dev

[pipeline <deepak2000@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi
the reason may be like this (ofcourse i may be ABSOLUTLEY wrong) . the ide controller can have upto 
8 devices .so hd[a..h]  . plus partioning within those devices takes the numbers hda[1..h][1..9] .

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deepak

At 10/11/00 12:32:00 PM, you wrote:
>
>Hi
>
>In HDD naming convention
>
>a=primary master
>b=primary slave
>c=secondary master
>d=secondary slave.
>
>So it's directly mapped from IDE interface.
>
>Where as floppy drives can not share same bay or controller. So they are refered
>as numbers.
>
><disclaimer>
>My opinions. Don't take them for granted.
></disclaimer>
>
>Bye
>  Shridhar
>
>Nitin Kumar Gupta wrote:
>
>>
>>     why are numbers used for floppies and alphabets for hds.
>
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