On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 08:44:10AM -0600, Robert Dickerson wrote:
> Is it just because counting from zero makes us feel more like computer
> scientists? Does anyone know why things work this way?

Because grub is "grand unified".  It runs on lots of different
(non-Linux) systems, and not all use /dev/hd* to describe hard
drives.  Grub follows the convention used by the Hurd I believe.

Don

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Don Bindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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