2009/11/24 linux fan <linuxscra...@gmail.com>: > On 11/24/09, Jeremy Henty <onepo...@starurchin.org> wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 08:24:53AM -0700, Trent Shea wrote: >> >>> It really depends on how you build your kernel; hd* is still valid, >>> as far as I'm aware. >> >> That's not my experience. My /dev/hd* devices disappeared when I >> upgraded 2.6.27 to 2.6.28 and I have no /dev/sr* or new /dev/sd* >> devices. > > /dev/hd* devices will exist if there is hardware that is of that type. > My ancient system does have slots for hd drives and if an hd type drive > is plugged into a slot, there will be a corresponding /dev/hd* device. > > Theoretically (haven't tested), if there are no hd type drives > connected, there won't be any /dev/hd* drives. > > As far as I am aware, greub always did, always will, call them hd. > To be exact, it calls them hd when it means in grub-speak (hd0, > and they can be called sd when it means in real-speak /dev/sda (if it is sata) > So you can have a funny device map where it is hd on the left and sd > on the right. > The names of the devices in grub and within linux are two separate things. For an explanation of why /dev/hdX becomes /dev/sdX see Simon's response to another thread.
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