cbagger01
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Posted: Dec. 27 2005,18:20 |
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Pen drives can be formatted in different ways. In your case, the SATA hard drive is probably found at "sda", so your first USB or Firewire mass storage device (external hard drive, floppy, CDRW drive, memory card reader, printer with a memory card reader, pen drive, etc) will be detected at "sdb" with data partitions at "sdb1" etc
The detection process determines the order of the device names for each physical device. If you have something hanging from a USB hub, it usually takes longer for it to be detected and "enumerated".
In fact, even the location of the PC's USB ports can be affected. Usually the ports in the back of the computer are scanned first before your front panel ports.
USB mice and keyboards should always be plugged into the rear ports of the PC if possible.
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