Re: [tlug] Trouble with external USB hard disk: /dev/scd0 versus /dev/sdc

[David Bernat <dbernat@example.com>]

jep200404 wrote:

> Then how could the DVD-RAM drive have a sdb1 without media? 

Disk filesystems shows the DVD-RAM drive as sdb1 (without media)
when the external hard disk is not attached.

> I.e., I would expect the DVD-RAM drive without media 
> to be /dev/sdb, but without media, there would be no 
> partitions. I.e., without media, there would be no 
> /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdb5. 
>
> > I have no /dev/scd0 in my system. 
>
> How did you determine that? 

Information from disk dilesystems.