--- In [email protected], Robert C Wittig
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> armando barreiro wrote:
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> > In the newer kernel* it is listed as being "SDA" and not "hda",
not that
> > it would make a difference to someone familiar with Linux, IMHO,
though
> > it threw me off somewhat when I tried using dd to clone a partition
> > recently.
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> Are you certain of this?
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> I am guessing that the 'sd[x]' might now be intended for SATA drives,
> but 'sd[x]' is typically what Linux assigns to SCSI drives, and
> 'hd[x]' is assigned to PATA (aka ATA) drives, so I'm not sure what
> then happens with SCSI drives, if 'sd[x] is handling SATA and
> (possibly) PATA, if 'hd[x] is actually deprecated.
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> 'sda' is also often assigned to Flash memory cards, IIRC.
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Actually, I believe sda, sdb etc refers to SCSI which might sound
wrong, but on SATA drives, I believe they make the drivers so the
drives appear as SCSI disks. I am sure someone can confirm this.
It depends on how the driver is written that causes it to appear as
hdX or sdX not the newness of the kernel.
Loyal
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