On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 09:32:41AM -0700, Chris Stankevitz wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Philip Webb wrote:
> >> When in the boot process does is a disk given a name like "/dev/sda"?
> >
> > That's done by 'udev' based on what BIOS tells it.
>
> Hi Philip,
>
> Is this a true statement
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Philip Webb wrote:
>> When in the boot process does is a disk given a name like "/dev/sda"?
>
> That's done by 'udev' based on what BIOS tells it.
Hi Philip,
Is this a true statement:
Some people do not use udev. These people still have a /dev/sda.
Therefore som
130606 Chris Stankevitz wrote:
> Who or what decides to name a hard drive /dev/sda vs /dev/sdb?
You, when you connect up the drives in the box, if you build it ;
the manufacturer, if you buy the machine ready-built.
If the latter, open the box -- carefully (smile) --
& check the connections inside
> Who or what decides to name a hard drive /dev/sda vs /dev/sdb?
> How does it decide what order to enumerate the drives on my computer?
> When in the boot process does is a disk given a name like "/dev/sda"?
> Thank you,
> Chris
I believe it depends on how the drives are connected.
/dev/sda
The /dev/ (h/s)da is actually from the kernel itself with the (H) being
deprecated as it's from the old ide/pata setup (hda was always ide 0-0
(same setup grub uses) designated as master) while 0-1 was the slave. 1-0
would then be hdb while 0-1 would have been hdc with hdd being 1-1 (the
last two b
Hello,
Who or what decides to name a hard drive /dev/sda vs /dev/sdb?
How does it decide what order to enumerate the drives on my computer?
When in the boot process does is a disk given a name like "/dev/sda"?
Thank you,
Chris
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