Are all Ubuntu IDE drives now sda?
Rashkae
ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Fri Feb 8 01:42:45 UTC 2008
Larry Alkoff wrote:
> I've put together a Ubuntu Server edition 7.10 using a single PATA IDE
> (not SATA) drive.
>
> In /etc/fstab, I specify the drives with their ssid.
>
> On bootup, the system is calling the partitions sda1 and sda5 (root and
> home).
>
> So my question is, has Ubuntu given up the old HDA nomenclature in favor
> of SDA in all cases of PATA and SATA drives?
>
No, but some IDE chipsets now default to Libata drivers in the kernel
rather than some legacy IDE drivers. It all depends on your chipset though.
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