Re: [MiNT] Block devices

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On 08/24/11 21:35, Paul Wratt wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 08/24/11 20:02, Paul Wratt wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> On 08/24/11 12:27, Vincent Rivière wrote:
>>>>> Hello.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does FreeMiNT has block devices, something like /dev/fd0, /dev/sda and
>>>>> /dev/sda1 in Linux ?
>>>>>
>>>> Not typically. I have seen a floppy device driver which offers a block
>>>> capability, but not for hard drives.
> there is no /dev/fd0 or /dev/fd1 with or without the floppyraw.xdd
>

I don't  think you've installed it correctly then.

> There is a /dev/fd (folder) similar to linux, but it lists about 37
> devices instead of the normal limit of 4
>

/dev/fd is to do with file descriptors, not floppy devices.

> I could find no other block devices on any of my setups (including
> EasyMiNT with 1.16.3)
>
>>>> Alan.
>>>>
>>> which might explain why some of the info in /kern is incomplete(d)
>>>
>> I don't see how to the two relate at all.
>>
>> Alan.
>>
> /kern/dma
> /kern/devices
>
> check them on ur *nix setup (/proc) both are directly related to the
> use of block devices..
>

They don't do anything. They are just for informational purposes and
don't relate to block devices specifically.

Alan.