thanks both of you.
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Wyatt Epp<wyatt....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:04 PM, David Shen <davidshe...@googlemail.com> > wrote: >> >> I install gentoo 2008 amd64 in a virtual box virtual machine. I >> configured the controller to us IDE controller, and if I boot from >> livecd, it DID get a hda device under /dev. But after I finished >> setting up the system, I cannot find the HD device, instead, I found a >> SD device. >> >> Maybe there are something wrong with the kernel I compiled, but I do >> not know how to troubleshoot this. > > No, to my knowledge, that's the proper behavior. The disparity between the > LiveCD and actual installs is...a little unfortunate. But anyway, movement > to more widespread use of libata has renamed all /dev/hd* to /dev/sd* > equivalents. It should not impact you in any significant way. See > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/kernel-config.xml#doc_chap3 for a little more > information. As far as making it work, really, just change /dev/hd* to > /dev/sd* in your /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.conf (or whatever the LILO > equivalent is) and you should be fine. > > Cheers, > Wyatt > -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84
