HD sensors

[James]

@Eugene, that is why I said *USUALLY* not mountable, in some cases it is.
Linux does have /dev/ files that point to the same device i.e. /dev/cdrom
/dev/dvd and /dev/sr0 point to my optical drive

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Eugene Cormier <eugene.cormier at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Ray, those are more than "sensor readings", those are direct links to the
> harddrive itself (sda means it's the first SATA hard drive, and sg0 means
> it's a scsi connection) ......both just point to the same device....
>
> if you had a second disk it would be called "Sata Disk B" or sdb, third =
> sdc, a harddisk connected by ide would be hda (Hard Disk A)
>
> James: I have a cdrom drive listed as /dev/sg0 which IS mountable from sg0
>
> Eugene
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>
> On 10-05-04 08:11 AM, raymond house wrote:
>
> Well James, SCSI ? what's the difference between "sg0" and "sda"? both
> readings are always the same, from low at start up to around 30C after warm
> up.
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:02 AM, James <james2432 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> /dev/sg0 is a generic SCSI device
>>
>>
>>  On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 6:55 AM, raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all, I have 2 sensor readings for the hd in this machine, can someone
>>> tell me the difference between the two. One reads: WDC WD1600AAJS-75M0A0
>>> (/dev/sg0): and the other the same except (/dev/sda): ?? These abbreviations
>>> dont mean much to me,   thanks,  Ray
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