Intel ATA Ultra 82801EB Controller

[James Wilkinson]

Richard Heldmann wrote:
> Why are the devices listed as sda and not hda?

The short answer is that Linux 2.6 is moving towards using a new
subsystem called libata for SATA disks. It's a lot cleaner than the old
IDE code (which should make it more stable in the long term), can
support more of the new capabilities of SATA.

Libata uses some of the SCSI framework, and gives disks sdx names[1].

http://lwn.net/Articles/44243/ is rather out-of-date now (it's over a
year old, and a lot of work has been done since then), but is still a
good explanation of the new subsystem.

> Should I correct it and how?

No.

> Is the warning a problem?

The warning (from sfdisk, based on the partition structure) is probably
completely different, although there's the possibility that it's got
confused by the SATA interface.

I suspect that whatever first partitioned your disk did so in a slightly
odd manner, and sfdisk is surprised by this. If it works, don't worry.

James.

[1] That's an oversimplification, but you do not need to hear about
device majors, nodes, and standard naming policies. They don't affect
this.
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