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<H2><A NAME="SECTION00575000000000000000">Device files and partitions</A></H2>
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Each partition and extended partition has its own device file.
The naming convention for these files is that a partition's
number is appended after the name of the whole disk, with the
convention that 1-4 are primary partitions (regardless of
how many primary partitions there are) and 5-8
are logical partitions (regardless of within which primary
partition they reside). For example, <tt>/dev/hda1</tt><A NAME="1545"> </A> is the
first primary partition on the first IDE hard disk, and
<tt>/dev/sdb7</tt><A NAME="1547"> </A> is the third extended partition on the second
SCSI hard disk.
The device list in [<A HREF="node113.html#device-list">Anv</A>]
gives more information.
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<I>Lars Wirzenius <BR>
Sat Nov 15 02:32:11 EET 1997</I>
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