Are all Ubuntu IDE drives now sda?

[Rashkae]

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.