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