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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

You mean Linux? Other Unixes don't necessarily use this naming convention.

[–] dmrzl 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Also I'm quite sure /dev/hdx is a thing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

And /dev/vdX, for those who virtualize!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

That's for IDE drives. And there's /dev/vdX for virtual block devices.