Re: Re: Adding entry to /dev

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Jim Giner <jim.giner@albanyhandball.com> wrote: > On 9/10/2012 7:41 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: >> >> >> Dear list - >> >> How do I add a new entry to /dev; eg, /dev/sdb? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ethan Rosenberg > > Ethan, > Sometimes google is great at answering this kind of stuff. Did you try a > search on your question. I did and found an answer in the fifth result > returned. > > Search on "php add a new subfolder" Except on *nix, where /dev contains device files, which are not just run-of-the-mill files. This question has nothing to do with php (you should NOT be making device files with php!). /dev/sdb by it's name will typically refer to a block implementation of a SCSI disk, or a device which ends up using the SCSI drivers, such as USB drives. The various partitions on the device will then be represented by /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb2, etc