[TriLUG] Any Kubuntu/Ubuntu users explain to me why my IDE drives show up as sda?

[Michael Ansel]

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I haven't worked with Ubuntu for a while (about a year), but I do
remember it doing that intentionally. They 'upgraded' their device
system to list all drives as sd* to remove confusion between IDE and
SATA drives because they are frequently used for identical purposes. I
don't think it should be affecting your system performance.

Michael

Mike Shaw wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have been looking for explanation but haven't found anything that
> really explains why with the installation of Kubuntu 7.10 my IDE
> drives are now addressed as /dev/sda. Nearest I can find it could be a
> bug, but I've seen other explanations saying it was on purpose. My
> last try at fixing this(yes, my machine works, but this is really
> annoying plus I'm not sure of the performance since this install) was
> to add the following kernel option to grub:
> 
> hwprobe=-modules.pata
> 
> Any other Kubuntu or Ubuntu users experience this?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mike

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