Where did /dev/hda (/dev/hd*) go to?

Mark markg85 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 26 15:35:37 UTC 2007


that`s new for me..

sdb did the trick for me.
thanx for clearing this up.

perhaps a good idea to add this in the fedora core 7 information / readme /
faq or whatever is used to provide users with information about fedora.

2007/3/26, Will Woods <wwoods at redhat.com>:
>
> On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 16:52 +0200, Mark wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > i`m having no problem mounting SD(A) devices but somehow /dev/hda
> > simply doesn`t exist.
> > even stranger. the only h named thing in the /dev folder is hpet
> > (/dev/hpet).
> >
> > /dev should contain hda till hdz and it doesn`t contain any of those.
> >
> > is this a bug? or do i need to install a package first?
> > i`m running rawhile with the latest updates.
>
> The rawhide kernel uses the new PATA/IDE subsystem, which (like the SATA
> subsystem) goes through SCSI layer. All disk devices are /dev/sdX now.
>
> To sum up:
>
> /dev/hdX = old and busted
> /dev/sdX = new hotness
>
> Enjoy,
>
> -w
>
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