[OT] Hard disk device changes with kernel 2.6

I'm Sorry for the off-topic, because I use SuSE 9.0, 32 bits Athlon. The problem is with a mobo Asus A7V600 and the VIA VT8237 chipset controller. I have any SATA hard disk, and I have disabled in the bios the via sata controller. When i boot with kernel 2.4, the 2 ide hard disks are /dev/hda and /dev/hdb, but when i boot with kernel 2.6 (Kraxel 2.6.2), they appear as /dev/hde and /dev/hdf, and can't load the system completly, because the device change. ¿I can resolving this problem booting with the patch CD? ¿Or it works only for 64 bits? ¿Or how can make a boot CD with kernel 2.6- 32 bits? Thanks, Juan