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/dev/hdb    /mnt/floppy

#$ ls -la /dev/hdb:
lrwxrwxrwx     /dev/hdb -> /dev/fd0

This is one of the things I do not like much about Mandrake; too many 
links everywhere.


Sergio


Geoffrey wrote:

> Sergio Chaves wrote:
>
>> On my Dell Inspiron 5160 with mdk kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdksmp:
>>
>> [sergio at mdk sergio]$ ls -la /dev/dvd lrwxrwxrwx      1     root
>> root        13 Dec 10 06:17  dvd-> hda
>>
>> I remember I had to give users rw permissions on hda to access the
>> drive.
>>
>> BTW, floppy is hdb and HD is hdc
>
>
> What???  You've got quite a wierd setup there.  Typically the hard 
> drive is /dev/hda and the dvd would be hdd or hdc
>
> What kind of floppy is it that is hdb????  I don't see how this could 
> be unless it's an ls120 or zip or something else connected to your ide 
> interface.
>

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