krishnaraghava

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• Jun 21st, 2008

 

instance names are abbreviated names assigned by the kernel for each device on the system

an instance name is a shortened name for the physical  device name

example:


sd n: where sd is a disk name and n  is the number ,such as sd0 for the first SCSI disk device

dad n: where dad is the diskname and n  is the number ,such   as dad0  for the first ide  disk device

anishgreysharp

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• May 16th, 2011

 

instant name is calle kernal abbreviated name for all connected hardware, these instant name varies according to the hardware manufacturer. all these instant name is stored under
/etc/path_to_inst file

note: if /etc/path_to_inst file is deleted or corrupted system will not come to multi user mode