-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [This message has also been posted to linux.debian.user.] > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Aumnayan D'Letti wrote: >> I am installing the latest stable version of Debian (40rl) and am >> having an issue with how it's seeing my primary HD. >> >> It's set up as the master on the primary IDE chain, which to me >> signifies that it should be seen as IDE1, or HDA. However, the >> partitioner is picking it up as IDE5 (hde). Which posses no problems >> for me until the installation is completed, as there is no /dev/hde. > > Welcome to the brave new world of udev. > Device names in /dev are no longer stable. They get created > on the fly as needed, and they don't always get created > in the same order from one boot to the next. > There's a persistence mechanism but you can't rely > on it yet. (... snip ...)
You can also use the symlinks from /dev/disk/by-**** . These are created on the fly as well, but they use some physical characteristics of the volumes to link them to the correct /dev/[hs]d[a-z]. Cheers, Cassiano Leal -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHXUC2q4Bz51JiUuERAvIRAJ0Q4YBcInPLUNYIN9960k/zeyswIwCeK0gb JMzryAEIaAEJASX760PqAjQ= =2kh3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
