The device file applications can use to access the first hard drive on most Linux systems. It provides raw access without filesystems or partitions. /dev/sda1

The device file applications can use to access the first hard drive on most Linux systems. It provides raw access without filesystems or partitions. /dev/sda1 is the first partition on that drive, /dev/sda2 the second, and so on. /dev/sdb is the next hard drive, /dev/sdc the next after that; beyond /dev/sdz, the naming scheme is apparently dependent on the hardware driver in use: Going from /dev/sdz to /dev/sdaa is what happens in the default SATA and SCSI drives, up to /dev/sdzzz, at which point you apparently run into problems. [1] http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/how-are-linux-drives-named-beyond-drive-26-devsdz/ http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/how-are-linux-drives-na... [1] http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-scsi/2010/9/20/6886603 http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-scsi/2010/9/20/68866...