On Feb 19, 2008 10:16 AM, Vishal Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 19, 2008 10:05 AM, "आदित्य (Aditya)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The hdx nomenclature still exists. If you have PATA disks. > > > > All Sata or SCSI disks were named as sdx. > > > > This nomenclature existed ever since I have known linux, maybe around > > 1999! :) > > > > Regards > > Aditya > > I have an 80gb PATA disk and I see sdX, I believe newer distro > versions use some "libata" stack which made the change in naming...
I wonder what is the major/minor device number. IIRC that is what really makes the difference. Regards Dexter
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