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when is an sda an hda?
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Ken Teh <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:38:59 -0500
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I'm getting confused with the sda/hda naming conventions.  I thought all
SATA disks were sd devices.  They were a while back but apparently, not
anymore.  And, I can't seem to make any sense of when an sda is an hda. 
I'm currently installing a system with a SATA system disk that has a IDE
CDROM.  A systemrescuecd (Gentoo based kernel) identifies the disk as an
sda.  But the 5.2 installer says it's an hda.  There's a single IDE
connector on the MB on which hangs a CDROM drive.  Apparently, it's not an
hda.  What is it?  An sda?

What gives?

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