> 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

The first character is the file type. A 'b' indicates a block device
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