On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 15:47 +0000, Tom Bamford wrote: <snip /> > However, recent versions of Ubuntu have shown all my laptop drives, > including CF memory cards, as SCSI devices (/dev/sd* as opposed > to /dev/hd*). My desktop dies a horrible death if I try to do the same > with one of its hard drives, which are still shown as > traditional /dev/hd* devices. Hope this helps shed some light.
This is to do with the new(er) versions of kernel 2.6 - now all HDDs are displayed as /dev/sd* regardless of whether they are IDE, SCSI or SATA. I can't remember the reasoning behind it, however I remember thinking "that makes sense" at the time! HTH, M. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
