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    Why does Kubuntu show my drives as SCSI?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by The Fire Snake, Aug 13, 2008.

  1. The Fire Snake

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    I noticed in my upgrade to Kubuntu 8.04 that my 2 harddrives are seen as SDB1 and SDB2. They are regular old style IDE drives connected with the ribbon cable. They were always seen as HDB1 and HDB2 in my previous installations of Kubuntu. SDB* denotes SCSI does it not? Just curious. Thanks.
     
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    It does that for all drives now
     
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    Why is that?
     
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    design change I guess
     
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    look up kernel 2.6.19, ata, drivers, and libata. be sure to report back to us with an in depth explanation of what you have learned. grading will be based on content, spelling/grammar, and overall comprehension of the material. go!
     
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    sda is SATA, hda is IDE....that's what a little birdie told me ...... :D

    If you have IDE drives, then BTSOM.
     
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    From the Arch Wiki:

    "Since the latest developments of the Linux kernel which include the libata and PATA modules, all IDE, SATA and SCSI drives have adopted the sdx naming scheme. This is perfectly normal and should not be a concern."
     
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    Wow, thanks for the info. So this means that there will not be a differentiation between harddrive types and their names in Linux anymore?
     
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    Exactly. They're all the same conceptually, so why should the names be different? It just makes everyone's life easier.
     
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    Thanks, that answers it then. I agree that conceptually they are all the same and from a basic users perspective it would not matter, but I think it can be helpful if you had to replace the drives.
     
    The Fire Snake, Aug 14, 2008
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