I just bought a USB CF reader on Ebay, plugged it in to the USB port, and made several false attempts at mounting it until I discovered that it was under /dev/sdc1. Ok, no problem, everything works fine. My question, however, is how devices are parceled out in Linux. For example, my USB flash hard drive is always under /dev/sda1. Since it wasn't plugged in at the time, I had assumed that the CF reader would also be the same. I've tried mounting it twice, and both times it always ends up under /dev/sdc1. As I said before, I have no problem with that, but I am curious to know _why_ it is so. :Peter -- Oh what a tangled web they weave who try a new word to conceive! _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list