renaming /dev/hda to ./dev/sda

Bruno Wolff III bruno at wolff.to
Wed Dec 20 16:46:53 UTC 2006


On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:32:51 -0800,
  Per Bothner <per at bothner.com> wrote:
> Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> >Well, "we" I suppose is the kernel folks; this isn't exactly a Fedora
> >decision and it isn't really new.
> 
> It's new for users - people who don't build their own kernels (assuming
> they're using PATA disks).

No, it's new for users that don't have scsi disks. You don't need to be
a kernel hacker to have run accross sd devices previously.

It seems reasonable to make this change for FC7. Whether it is a good idea
for FC5 and FC6 is another question.




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