So how do you classify something like the PD drives found on recent
Compaqs and other machines? They're a combined drive that accepts both
CD-ROMs and rewritable optical disks. Under NT, they have two separate
drive letters. Are you suggesting that we have two devices for the same
drive, one in /dev/cdrom, one in /dev/scsi (or whatever)? I don't even
know if the drive is supported at all under Linux, but the principle
is there.
>Instead of /dev/disk how about /dev/dsk, which is in keeping with
>Solaris and HP-UX?
We've already sacrificed Solaris compatibility by changing the identifier
letters. If anything, using /dev/dsk could confuse Solaris admins moving
to Linux, expecting to find Solarice device names there. Using /dev/disk
would be definitely different, and immediately gives a clue that it's not
like Solaris. Minor point, though, and I'd accept either.
Tet
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