The following is a list of physical storage devices supported in FreeBSD, and their associated device names.
| 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 and
scd for Sony CD-ROM devices |
| 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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