## 12.2 Device Names 

The following is a list of physical storage devices supported in DragonFly, and the device names associated with them.

 **Table 12-1. Physical Disk Naming Conventions** 

[[!table  data="""
| Drive type | Drive device name 
 IDE hard drives | `ad` 
 IDE CDROM drives | `acd` 
 SCSI hard drives and USB Mass storage devices | `da` 
 SCSI CDROM drives | `cd` 
 Assorted non-standard CDROM drives | `mcd` for Mitsumi CD-ROM, `scd` for Sony CD-ROM, 
 Floppy drives | `fd` 
 SCSI tape drives | `sa` 
 IDE tape drives | `ast` 
 Flash drives | `fla` for DiskOnChip® Flash device 
 RAID drives | `aacd` for Adaptec® AdvancedRAID, `mlxd` and `mlyd` for Mylex®, `amrd` for AMI MegaRAID®, `idad` for Compaq Smart RAID, `twed` for 3ware® RAID. |
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