ChadDavis wrote:
After a new lenny installation on a new motherboard, my PATA drive came
up as 'sdb'. I expected hda. I don't really care, but it does lead me
to wonder how these names get doled out by the system. Can someone
explain, or refer me to a good explanation, of how hardware is
discovered and named.
This is a good question, and I second the question. I installed kubuntu
on a VMware Workstation VM, and even though VMware was emulating an IDE
disk, during installation, the "hard disk" was named 'sda'.
Now, I know that VMware is different from bare metal, and kubuntu is
different from Debian, but the question remains.
I assume it has to do with kernel modules and hardware detection and
other esoterica, but a good, concise explanation would be welcomed.
Thanks,
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