linux-kernel - Re: PATA-disk named sda

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Date:	Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:18:48 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Christoph Pleger <Christoph.Pleger@...uni-dortmund.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PATA-disk named sda

On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:21:32 +0200
Christoph Pleger <Christoph.Pleger@...uni-dortmund.de> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> In the newest Ubuntu Release, my PATA-disk is called sda instead of hda.
> Is that a general feature in newer kernel versions or is it a special
> feature in Ubuntu?

General. SATA and now PATA drives map onto the /dev/sd range as do SCSI,
USB etc
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