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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.TH sd 4 2023-02-05 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH sd 4 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME sd \- driver for SCSI disk drives .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ is a number denoting the partition on that physical drive. Often, the partition number, .IR p , will be left off when the device corresponds to the whole drive. -.PP +.P SCSI disks have a major device number of 8, and a minor device number of the form (16 * .IR drive_number ") + " partition_number , @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ partition 0 is the whole drive partitions 1\[en]4 are the DOS "primary" partitions .IP \[bu] partitions 5\[en]8 are the DOS "extended" (or "logical") partitions -.PP +.P For example, .I /dev/sda will have major 8, minor 0, and will refer to all of the first SCSI drive @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ in the system; and .I /dev/sdb3 will have major 8, minor 19, and will refer to the third DOS "primary" partition on the second SCSI drive in the system. -.PP +.P At this time, only block devices are provided. Raw devices have not yet been implemented. .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ are provided: .TP .B HDIO_GETGEO Returns the BIOS disk parameters in the following structure: -.PP +.P .in +4n .EX struct hd_geometry { |