Whether ide ata drives are displayed as sata or not depends on kernel configuration (and/or which drivers/modules are used). So that can change with kernel updates. Nonetheless, the mere change from hda->sda (with the drives working as they should) is not a bug.
See http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_19#head- cdcbaa9c1b476decdc064e0a75d23d1328b1ddce for more information on the subject. -- feisty beta assigned my IDE harddrives as sda and sdb https://launchpad.net/bugs/95947 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs