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Re: when is an sda an hda?
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Rachid Ayad <[log in to unmask]>
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Rachid Ayad <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:55:47 -0400
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  If IDE so it should be hda.

  Rachid.

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008, Ken Teh wrote:

> 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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