How Linux Handles Devices

Devices are special files in the /dev directory.

/dev/cua0 /dev/cua1 /dev/lp0 ... /dev/hda /dev/hda1 /dev/hda2 /dev/hdb /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdb2 /dev/sda /dev/sda1 ... /dev/sbpcd
COM1: COM2: LPT1: (etc.) First IDE Drive Partition 1 on /dev/hda (C:) Partition 2 on /dev/hda Second IDE Drive Partition 1 on /dev/hdb (D:) Partition 2 on /dev/hdb First SCSI Drive Partition 1 on /dev/sda Sound Blaster Pro CD

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