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12.2 Device Names
The following is a list of physical storage devices supported in DragonFly, and the device names associated with them.
Table 12-1. Physical Disk Naming Conventions
| Drive type | Drive device name | |
|---|---|---|
| IDE hard drives | ad |
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| IDE CDROM drives | acd |
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| SCSI hard drives and USB Mass storage devices | da |
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| SCSI CDROM drives | cd |
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| Assorted non-standard CDROM drives | mcd for Mitsumi CD-ROM, scd for Sony CD-ROM, |
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| Floppy drives | fd |
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| SCSI tape drives | sa |
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| IDE tape drives | ast |
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| Flash drives | fla for DiskOnChip® Flash device |
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| RAID drives | aacd for Adaptec® AdvancedRAID, mlxd and mlyd for Mylex®, amrd for AMI MegaRAID®, idad for Compaq Smart RAID, twed for 3ware® RAID. |
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