On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 12:04 +1000, Peter Chubb wrote: > >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Rundle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Peter> Can anybody shed any light on how hardware (block) devices are > Peter> mapped to /dev/ entries in Linux. In the bad old days of System > Peter> V if you had a device on say > > It's simply the order they're scanned in. > > sda -- the first disc found > sdb -- the second disc found. > sdc -- the third disc found > > etc. > > Most SCSI HBA drivers scan from low scsi address to high, some scan the > other way, and some are configurable.
Or, if you're using devfs, you also have the option of going with its naming scheme: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd Which is ostensibly where my CD-writer is. HTH, James. -- James Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
