On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 10:44:35PM -0600, Billie Erin Walsh wrote:
> However, Linux does use a sort of drive letter. FD, HDA, HDB, etc. A, C,
> D, etc are shorter designations. Especially when you have to add the
> partition number, FD0, HDA1, HDA2, HDB1, HDB2, etc. It's all in how you
> keep track of them.
Your analogy is incorrect. A drive letter is a *logical* construct, not a
physical one. There's no direct comparison to *nix device names,
especially now that we've had 2000 and XP, where it's extremely simple to
rearrange the drive letters without changing the partitioning scheme.
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