[opensuse] IDE harddisks is detected as /dev/sda but not /dev/hda
I'm newbie of SuSE, Could anybody please advise me why my IDE harddisk is being detected by OpenSuSE 10.3 (KDE) as /dev/sda but not /dev/hda Isn't it /dev/sda is referring to SCSI harddisk ? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 11:04 +0800, williamkow wrote:
I'm newbie of SuSE, Could anybody please advise me why my IDE harddisk is being detected by OpenSuSE 10.3 (KDE) as /dev/sda but not /dev/hda Isn't it /dev/sda is referring to SCSI harddisk ?
Betcha you didn't read the Release Notes during the installation. ;-) Per the release notes, openSuse now tags all drives with s instead of h. Why? I don't know, perhaps someone else can enlighten us. But your /dev/sda is working as expected. -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bryen escribió:
Why? I don't know, perhaps someone else can enlighten us.
Because libata uses the SCSI subsystem, hence the naming of devices. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Bryen
Per the release notes, openSuse now tags all drives with s instead of h. Why? I don't know, perhaps someone else can enlighten us. But your /dev/sda is working as expected.
We use the new libata stack now which uses the SCSI numbering. The libata stack has deprecated the old ide stack - and we use the newer, better maintained one now, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform/openSUSE, aj@suse.de SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
Dear Mr. Bryen, I am new to OpenSuSE 10.3, in facts, I new to all Linux too. When first time installing OpenSuSE, some technical information may not be in my concern, until discovering more reading on websites and forums than I started to confuse about the device naming. But also being confused when many website information are not specific version of SuSE. Also, because I read this website (http://en.opensuse.org/NTFS) which also wrongly stating /dev/hda1 for IDE and it is for SuSE 10.3 (see section "Installation of NTFS write support" > OpenSUSE 10.3 > For Example > PATA (IDE) drive > /dev/hda1 .. . . . .) Please understand my situation of unclear and please forgive my confusion, Thank you. __________________________________________________________________________ Bryen wrote:
On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 11:04 +0800, williamkow wrote:
I'm newbie of SuSE, Could anybody please advise me why my IDE harddisk is being detected by OpenSuSE 10.3 (KDE) as /dev/sda but not /dev/hda Isn't it /dev/sda is referring to SCSI harddisk ?
Betcha you didn't read the Release Notes during the installation. ;-)
Per the release notes, openSuse now tags all drives with s instead of h. Why? I don't know, perhaps someone else can enlighten us. But your /dev/sda is working as expected.
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On Friday 16 November 2007 07:33:03 pm williamkow wrote:
I read this website (http://en.opensuse.org/NTFS) which also wrongly stating /dev/hda1 for IDE and it is for SuSE 10.3 (see section "Installation of NTFS write support" > OpenSUSE 10.3 > For Example > PATA (IDE) drive > /dev/hda1 .. . . . .) Please understand my situation of unclear and please forgive my confusion, Thank you.
Thank you for pointing this out. It is corrected now. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 11:04 +0800, williamkow wrote:
I'm newbie of SuSE, Could anybody please advise me why my IDE harddisk is being detected by OpenSuSE 10.3 (KDE) as /dev/sda but not /dev/hda Isn't it /dev/sda is referring to SCSI harddisk ?
From the release notes of opensuse 10.3
<<<<<< libata for IDE Devices libata uses /dev/sda for the first harddisk instead of /dev/hda. Disks with more than 15 partitions are not handled automatically right now. You can disable libata support by booting with the following kernel parameter: hwprobe=-modules.pata Then you see all the partitions > 15 again and can access them for installation.
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williamkow wrote:
I'm newbie of SuSE, Could anybody please advise me why my IDE harddisk is being detected by OpenSuSE 10.3 (KDE) as /dev/sda but not /dev/hda Isn't it /dev/sda is referring to SCSI harddisk ?
It used to be hda, but that changed with the latest version. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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