Re: how is it that the USB zip drive becomes /dev/sda4?

[achana saysit com]

"Robert P. J. Day" wrote:

>   at the risk of embarrassing myself, what specifies that the
> USB zip drive, when i plug it in, is mountable with the device
> /dev/sda4?   why that particular device?

I wondered about that too, I was told that it is the default and the
industry standard.