On 9/20/07, Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...which isn't that tricky. In the Disk Management tool (for instance > right click "My Computer" -> "Manage" to get there via the "Computer > Management" admin tool) disks are numbered "Disk 0", "Disk 1", etc. > This order corresponds with /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. Partitions are > numbered left to right. /dev/sda1 corresponds to the first partition, > etc. > > Similar for CD-ROM and DVD drives. In the Disk Management tool they are > numbered "CD-ROM 0", "CD-ROM 1", etc, which corresponds to /dev/sr0, > /dev/sr1, etc.. Alternatively to /dev/scd0, /dev/scd1, etc. > > For tape drives, have a look into the Device Manager. The properties > dialog of each tape drive has a tab "Tape Symbolic Name". Tape0 > corresponds to /dev/st0, /dev/nst0, Tape1 to /dev/st1, /dev/nst1, etc. > > > Corinna > > -- > Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to > Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Red Hat
Corinna, thanks for the tip about the order in Disk Management corresponding to the /dev/sdX order. I never thought of that since I was always trying to find a tool to give me the information from the command-line. That will make things easier in the future. -Jason -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
