hda and sda

netnamnetviet · n00b Joined: 17 Mar 2009 Posts: 19

I don't understand that?

If i installing with CD install-x86-minimal-2008.0.iso is fdisk /dev/hda (boot will error when i finished installing)

and if I installing with CD livecd-i686-installer-2008.0-r1.iso is fdisk /dev/sda

DONAHUE · Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 4:04 am Post subject:

do not use the 2008.0 cd's unless you enjoy confusion, pain, and suffering
better alternatives:
system rescue cd, http://www.sysresccd.org/Download gentoo based has gui and browser is very up to date
any others distro's livecd, if current and with gui and browser
gentoo cd from the gentoo mirrors http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml found under /releases/<arch>/autobuilds
Whatever choice of cd do get the stage 3 tarball from the autobuilds.

old kernels want to call ide hard drives hdx, scsi and sata hard drives sdx
new kernels want to call all hard drives sdx, the sdx driver is more efficient and is the better choice for ide/ata/pata drives

alatar · n00b Joined: 12 Feb 2009 Posts: 61

AFAIK it does not depend on the kernel version. There are two different libraries that dial with IDE/SCSI devices, and that is why different names could appear. But I'm not sure, please correct me if I am wrong.

TheAbu · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:32 pm Post subject:

Alatar is right, depending on the library used, a hard drive, be it an ide or a sata one will appear either as sda or hda

In the kernel :
ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support --->
and
Serial ATA (prod) and Parallel ATA (experimental) drivers --->

are responsible for the type of device you'll see.
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d2_racing · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:26 pm Post subject:

You should use SATA and PATA if you can. It's the new standard.