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Why are drives called "wd0", "wd1", etc?
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Why are drives called "wd0", "wd1", etc?
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Daniel Carrera <
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Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:30:51 +0200
Hello,
In Linux, disks have device names like "hda" and "hdb" which I take to
mean "hard drive a" and "hard drive b". Why does NetBSD use "wd0", "wd1"
etc? What does the "w" stand for?
Daniel. -- I'm not overweight, I'm undertall.
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