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Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.14 IDE 56
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Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 20:31:11 +0100 (BST)
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> int i, type, major=0, minor=0;
> for(i=0; i<26; i++) {
>     snprintf(device_string, sizeof(device_string), "/dev/hd%c", 'a'+i);
>     if ((fd=open(device_string, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK)) < 0) {
> 	continue;
>     }

If it opened is it there. Suppose its an IDE floppy and no media is 
present. Maybe its hiding in ide-scsi instead.  It ends up being detective
work. The /device set up makes it explicit and clean