Thanks to those who just gave me a straight answer. <RANT - I feel better now... I wouldn't even bother reading the next 400 words :) Have a nice day - Cheers Don>
In response to the growing flame on the issue... aa. /dev/hda1 & Man Mount Pages & Concepts... Last week I spent many hours reading thur man pages on Mount and didn't recall seeing anything that talked about /dev/hda1 Based on the responses of many it's quite clear that the focus on my question was completely lost thou my question did get answered. On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 11:24, Jim Cheetham wrote: > The filename /dev/hda1 refers to a device driver that knows how to access your hardware. > It doesn't know anything else - specifically it doesn't know or care what sort of filesystem organisation you have chosen (i.e. fat, ntfs, ext2, and so on) > "mount"ing the disk provides that part of the equation - it basically provides the filesystem access code. > The basic concept idea is the separation of responsibilities between the hardware access code, and the filesystem organisation code. The keyword was 'concept'. I have reviewed the man file (as I write this email) and found there is a total of half a paragaph on the subject (less text that Jim has written in his response). bb. Books. I have read just about every book in the public library on Linux now. I have found most to be very shallow with 3 or less pages on any one subject. Most are nothing more than a copy of the man pages rewritten to make less sense than the orginal. Very few include real world ilistration. Very few give consideration to the fact that while Linux is used by less than 5% of the population there is still a 95% population that use computers who really are trying to learn 'a different way of doing something' and not 'how to do something'. cc. I like to start with a question then do my reading. When ever I see a question asked that I know I can answer by providing a link to something else I always check the link exists and does infact answer the question. The idea in my mind is to get heading in the right direction as quickly as possible without spending my time filling my head up with interesting information that's not on topic. dd. I like to know what others know. I like to build others knowledge. I follow many lists about things that I'm not an expert in just so I know where the experts are. I spent weeks and weeks understanding POPTOP. I still sit on the list and help out when I can. I learn as much from reading other peoples questions and answers as I do from asking them my self. ee. Traffic. How many people join a list just to see what's going on? If nothing is happening then what impression is left? I could rant all day on this subject. Cheers Don
