harddisk hda & hdb turns to sda & sdb ?

[Banzai]

I did a clean install of 7.10. Now my hard disks are refered to as sda1,sda2,... and sdb1, sdb2 whereas previously I use fiesty, they were refered to as hda1, hda2,... and hdb1, hdb2.

Im not able to see any problem in running 7.10 at the moment. Should I be concerned?

[dibl]

Re: harddisk hda & hdb turns to sda & sdb ?

No.



The nomenclature for hard drives (IDE/PATA, SATA, SCSI) has been changed to allow them all to be "sd_" devices.

[Banzai]

Re: harddisk hda & hdb turns to sda & sdb ?

THANKS for the quick reply dibl...

Aaah... a relief.
I have always thought that the sd... are for scsii.
My hard disks are IDE.

Thanks again for the quick reply and explaining.

[Qqmike]

Re: harddisk hda & hdb turns to sda & sdb ?

reasoning:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibAtaForAtaDisks

[Snowhog]

Re: harddisk hda & hdb turns to sda & sdb ?

So Qqmike, when are you going to publish your own book? I mean, you constantly amaze me (and others I'm sure) at the wealth of information you seem to have amassed.

[Qqmike]

Re: harddisk hda & hdb turns to sda & sdb ?

Oh . . . yes . . . perceptions and smoke.

Well, let's see. Say 13 chapters plus five appendices . . .
I'll take the introduction, the dual booting chapter (an intermediate version), and maybe one appendix. Now if you guys will pitch in the rest--the Linux part--we'll be in business.
Oops. Free as in beer. Better offer the book for free. On a web site.
We can sell advertising space on the website and make a little money.
Then donate a lot of the money to Projects, like GParted, Super Grub, K3b, and I'm sure you guys have favorites.
Maybe sell some used CDs, some Chinese turquoise, antique jail house keys, enchilada recipes, what else can you guys cough up . . .? Yeah, that's it, we'll link to eBay and . . .

Not a bad idea Snowhog . . .

[dibl]

Re: harddisk hda & hdb turns to sda & sdb ?

Free as in beer. Better offer the book for free. On a web site.

Yep. $0.00 for the book. $49.95 for shipping. $29.95 for 12 months support. $29.95 for gift-wrapping the Presentation Edition.

[Snowhog]

Re: harddisk hda & hdb turns to sda & sdb ?

$29.95 for 12 months support.

We get to identify which 12 months.

"I'm sorry madam, but this is April. Your 12 month support doesn't include April. Please call back next month. Thank-you for calling."

[Qqmike]

Re: harddisk hda & hdb turns to sda & sdb ?

OK, crew, the sky's the limit.
We're going places with this.
And Snowhog -- the April thing --
Good idea!
No work in April.
Think we can get the other regulars on-board here with us?

[dibl]

Re: harddisk hda & hdb turns to sda & sdb ?

No work in April.

eh, November's my birthday -- can't work that month. And May is my wife's, and I have to shop for her, so May is out. And of course Christmas is in December -- too busy to work, so December is definitely out.