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They are shown in the file structure as /dev/hda, /dev/hdb, and so on. /dev/hda would be the master on one controller, and /dev/hdb would be the slave on another controller.

For example, if you were to have two master drives, attached to two separate controllers, the numbering scheme would have a gap ending in /dev/hda and /dev/hdc.