Oh, sorry, I missed the 'deb' part. Robert Trevellyan 518 392 0846 https://trevellyan.biz
On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Edwin Han <[email protected]> wrote: > "fdisk /dev/hdb <-- partition /deb/hdb" > hi robert, > thank you for your quick response. > perhaps i am mistaken as i am new to linux and its notations, and i may be > misunderstanding a little, but i believe that particular line consists of a > command (fdisk) and then its argument (/dev/hdb), and then a description of > what that command is supposed to be doing (i.e. partitioning /dev/hdb). > so there seems to be an inconsistency, because the argument to the fdisk > command is "/dev/hdb", but the description of what it is doing indicates > "/deb/hdb" ("dev" in the command argument, but "deb" in the description). > best regards, > edwin > > > On Tuesday, 10 May 2016, 0:55, Robert Trevellyan < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > It isn't a typo, it's just an example. Device names depend on the > operating system and the driver. > Robert Trevellyan > https://trevellyan.biz > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Edwin Han <[email protected]> > wrote: > > hello antonio, > first, i'd like to say a big thank you for your work on ddrescue, lzip and > other associated software applications. > i have been a long-time windows user (not necessarily a happy one, but i > play games :) ) and have just been introduced to the world of linux as a > result of a drive failure and ddrescue. the more i learn and find out about > linux, the more i like! :) > one day, when i've learnt enough, i'd like to be able to contribute back > to the community, much like yourself. > > anyhow, i was just reading through the manual for ddrescuelog, and noticed > what i believe to be a typographical error. > in "example 2" of the examples section < > https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html#Ddrescuelog > >, it says "fdisk /dev/hdb <-- partition /deb/hdb". > i believe the "/deb/hdb" after the word "partition" is a typographical > error that should instead read "/dev/sdb". > it is minor, and don't think anyone would misunderstand, but thought i > would point out nevertheless. > thanks once again for your wonderful work! > best regards, > edwin > _______________________________________________ > Bug-ddrescue mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-ddrescue mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue > _______________________________________________ Bug-ddrescue mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ddrescue
