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Block Devices & Partitions
I partitioned a microSD card (mmcblk1) into two partitions mmcblk1p1 and mmcblk1p2.
If use a dedicated card reader I am able to see the entire SD card and its partitions using various disk management ...
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What are character special and block special files in a unix system?
How are character special files and block special files different from regular files in a Inix-like system? Why are they called “character special” and “block special” respectively?
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Why I have two /dev/sdx entries with a single disk?
In my laptop (running Linux) I have only one SSD, connected to the SATA3 port.
Why I have two sdx entries in /dev directory?
In particular I see /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, and /dev/sda is the SSD:
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What driver is behind a certain device file?
Given a device file, say /dev/sdb, is it possible to determine what driver is behind it?
Specifically, I want to determine what driver my storage devices are using. fdisk -l lists 2 devices: /dev/sda ...
