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It's so they can have more bullet points on the feature list. I remember buying a box of floppy disks that had "download files from the internet" as a feature. I never did find the built-in internets... /dev/scd is the cd drive on my laptop. I think that the black dog claims to be a usb cd drive so it can auto run the X server in windows, so it wouldn't surprise me if flash drive manufacturers used the same method. On 9/20/06, Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Neil Williams wrote: > > Ben Goodger wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> What in hell is /dev/scd0? > > > > First partition of /dev/scd - next partition would be /dev/scd1 - > > although usually USB ends up as /dev/sda, second USB socket /dev/sdb > > etc. /dev/ (device), /s (SCSI), d (drive), a (first of this type on the > > system bus). > > It'll be a small area at the start of the USB drive, RO partition > holding "autorun" info > > I have seen this many times before, it's just annoying and bloody rude > on the part of the vendor. > > - -- > Neil Stone > > Systems Administrator > FlashTek UK > > - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GIT d+(++) s: a-(?) C++++(--) UL++++$ P+ L+++ E- W+++ N+ > o+ w--- O M PS+ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X+ R+ tv+ b- DI++ D+++ G > e h--- r+++ y++++(**) > - -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFEN6Nz3Av8JKgzxQRAt59AKCF6pT8NNRmj6pMjmH/lYQsNAbtHgCfc//N > A44eRt2CjkXNX1v/Z2T/ro8= > =acmv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html