HD(4)

NAME
hd - MFM/IDE hard disk device

DESCRIPTION
Hd* are block devices to access the MFM/IDE hard disk drives in raw mode.

They are typically created by:

    mknod -m 660 /dev/hda b 3 0
    mknod -m 660 /dev/hda1 b 3 1
    mknod -m 660 /dev/hda2 b 3 2
    ...
    mknod -m 660 /dev/hda8 b 3 8
    mknod -m 660 /dev/hdb b 3 64
    mknod -m 660 /dev/hdb1 b 3 65
    mknod -m 660 /dev/hdb2 b 3 66
    ...
    mknod -m 660 /dev/hdb8 b 3 72
    chown root.disk /dev/hd*

FILES
/dev/hd*

SEE ALSO
mknod(1), chown(1), mount(8)