On 23/09/13 15:13, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> >[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
It means the file is a block device node. Typically control of that
file/device is through a device driver. In this case these are
respectively your second SCSI (or emulated SCSI, such as sATA) disk
device, and the first addressable partition on that device.
-- Paul W. Frields
http://paul.frields.org/
Yes it's an usb external hard drive I've been playing with, reformatted
it to vfat and then messed with gparted although I did not intentionally
change anything it no longer appears on my desktop. While doing this I
was curious about the brw-rw----. Thought it might contribute to my
problem, no sure if it wa there before ...
Bob
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