Date: Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:31:12 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: KATO Takenori <kato@ganko.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp>, FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: device name of floppy disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912262130350.61560-100000@green.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <19991226142053.8A38C1CA0@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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On Sun, 26 Dec 1999, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > # ln -f ${name}${unit}.1200 ${name}${unit}135ds15
> > # ln -f r${name}${unit}.1200 r${name}${unit}135ds15
> >
> > 1. What is meanings of the name? I cannot understand meanings of
> > `96', `96ds15' and `135ds15'.
>
> Those are the SCO Unix/Xenix compatable names. SCO (and SYSV/386) uses those
> instead of "fdN.1440" etc.
>
> 48 = 48 tracks per inch = 5.25" disk,
> 96 = 96 tracks per inch = 5.25" disk,
> 135 = 135 tracks per inch = 3.5" disk
Eh? I thought .1200 referred to 5.25" disk drives...
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