fedora-list Digest, Vol 13, Issue 190

Angelo Machils angelus at sangreal.demon.nl
Sun Mar 13 20:15:05 UTC 2005


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>> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
>> (prog-if 80 [Master])
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>> I have some (newbie) questions.  I thought my CD/DVD drive was a normal PATA
>> drive.  Why does it show up as /dev/hdx instead of /dev/sdx like my SATA
>> hard drive?  I thought IDE described PATA devices only?
>> 
>> Thanks for the info.
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>I believe the PX-716A is a normal PATA drive.  (the cable kind of gives
>it away.  :)  )
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>Mine shows up as /dev/hda as well.  The sdx convention indicates a SATA
>type drive so the 716A would not show up as that type.
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There is a SATA version of this drive, but then it's called the 
PX716SA..... So you needn't open the case to look at the cable :-)

Kind regards, Angelo




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