X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <31b7d2790709202005r30f52352h7176afc80fc3ae3e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:05:29 -0500 From: "DePriest, Jason R." To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: dd Bug using \.\PhysicalDriveX ? In-Reply-To: <20070920080147.GE22259@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200709191738.l8JHc8sW019686@zuul.kastle.com> <31b7d2790709191253v6a8b6587u7960a2a3fc390826@mail.gmail.com> <20070920080147.GE22259@calimero.vinschen.de> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 9/20/07, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > ...which isn't that tricky. In the Disk Management tool (for instance > right click "My Computer" -> "Manage" to get there via the "Computer > Management" admin tool) disks are numbered "Disk 0", "Disk 1", etc. > This order corresponds with /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, etc. Partitions are > numbered left to right. /dev/sda1 corresponds to the first partition, > etc. > > Similar for CD-ROM and DVD drives. In the Disk Management tool they are > numbered "CD-ROM 0", "CD-ROM 1", etc, which corresponds to /dev/sr0, > /dev/sr1, etc.. Alternatively to /dev/scd0, /dev/scd1, etc. > > For tape drives, have a look into the Device Manager. The properties > dialog of each tape drive has a tab "Tape Symbolic Name". Tape0 > corresponds to /dev/st0, /dev/nst0, Tape1 to /dev/st1, /dev/nst1, etc. > > > Corinna > > -- > Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to > Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Red Hat Corinna, thanks for the tip about the order in Disk Management corresponding to the /dev/sdX order. I never thought of that since I was always trying to find a tool to give me the information from the command-line. That will make things easier in the future. -Jason -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/