tir, 19 12 2006 kl. 11:26 -0800, skrev Per Bothner: > I read that FC7 will use a new libata, which will cause /dev/hdX > to be renamed to /dev/sdX, which will cause various things, > including grub (and old documentation) to break. > > So why we are we renaming /dev/hdX to the much-less-natural /dev/sdX > in the first place? If we're now unifying PATA and SATA, wouldn't > it make more sense to rename sdX to hdX insted? I know what "hd" > stands for - what does "sd" stand for? Is this going to be another > one of those "it's called that for obscure historical reasons" > Unix things? Historically I think it was after SCSI device but today it might be more apt to call it storage device. I personally feel that this definition compasses what those devices are today than Hard Drive which is what hd conjures up. - David Nielsen -- "Ridicule s the only weapon that can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them.” -Thomas Jefferson
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