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HP-UX UNIX Mount CDROM ( CDFS ) Filesystem Command

by on February 6, 2008 · 3 comments

Q. How do I mount CDROM media under HP-UX UNIX System from a shell prompt? How do I automount CDFS file system using /etc/fstab file?

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Linux / UNIX: Device files

by on July 31, 2007 · 9 comments

Q. Can you explain me what is device files and how do I access or see device files? Why UNIX / Linux has device files? A. Under Linux and UNIX each and every hardware device treated as a file. A device file allows to accesses hardware devices so that end users do not need to [...]

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Linux Partition Naming Convention ( IDE Drive Mappings )

by on May 4, 2006 · 9 comments

Q. I am new to Linux and I not able to understand /dev/hdc (is it C: drive?) under Linux. This is quite confusing for a new Linux user like me. What device naming convention followed by Linux? Can you explain it in layman’s term?

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