[SWLUG] Problems accessing disk

Edward Evans eje at edevans.uklinux.net
Thu Jul 5 21:11:07 UTC 2007


On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:12:42 +0100
Julian Hall <lists at kaotic.co.uk> wrote:

> Edward Evans wrote:
> > Another slightly related question.  Why does the latest Ubuntu (7.04)
> > call all discs /dev/sdx instead of /dev/hdx, even though they are not
> > scsi? 
> >   
> They're not SATA are they?  Just thinking maybe Linux thinks 'OK if it's 
> not IDE it's SCSI'.

No, just old fashioned IDE.  And Ubuntu 6 calls them /dev/hdx as
expected!

Edward



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