09/23/2013 01:13 PM, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
On 23/09/13 15:05, Bob Goodwin ~ Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
I spent the last half hour googling with no success. What does the "b"
mean and how is it controlled?
[root@box10 bobg]# ll /dev/sdb*
brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 16 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb
brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 17 Sep 23 14:36 /dev/sdb1
Bob
Perhaps I did not make that clear, I refer to the the "b" in "brw-rw----."
There are two types of /devices, block and character. "b" refers to
block devices (typically ones with filesystems). "c" refers to
character devices (things like keyboards and mouses, modems, and other
serial devices).
I don't think you can just change them around ;)
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