HD

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (4)
Updated: 17 December 1992
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NAME

hd - MFM/IDE hard disk device  

DESCRIPTION

Hd* are block devices to access the MFM/IDE hard disk drives in raw mode.

They are typically created by:

mknod -m 660 /dev/hda b 3 0
mknod -m 660 /dev/hda1 b 3 1
mknod -m 660 /dev/hda2 b 3 2
...
mknod -m 660 /dev/hda8 b 3 8
mknod -m 660 /dev/hdb b 3 64
mknod -m 660 /dev/hdb1 b 3 65
mknod -m 660 /dev/hdb2 b 3 66
...
mknod -m 660 /dev/hdb8 b 3 72
chown root.disk /dev/hd*

 

FILES

/dev/hd*  

SEE ALSO

mknod(1), chown(1), mount(8)


 

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NAME
DESCRIPTION
FILES
SEE ALSO

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