[ubuntu-us-ut] When did dev names change?

[Nathan Blackham]

On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 14:34 -0600, Clint Savage wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Nathan Blackham <kemotaha at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         Quick question,
>         
>         I am running Hardy, and I was wondering when the dev names
>         changed to
>         all be /dev/sd* or /dev/scd#?
>         
>         My fstab still listed the old devices /dev/hdd, but have done
>         upgrades
>         since 7.04, and haven't noticed when the change occurred.
> 
> It was around the 2.6.23 kernel.  For Ubuntu that would have been on
> Gutsy.  The /dev/sd is for any scsi or ide drive and the /dev/scd
>  is for cd/dvd drive.

Thanks, 

I didn't think to check the kernel change log.

Nathan

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