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On 01/07/2013 08:35 AM, Dale wrote: |
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> As I understand it, /dev/hdxx is no longer |
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> supported on current kernels. All hard drives are /dev/sdxx and optical |
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> drives are /dev/sr0(1,2,3,4 etc). |
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Not true, I'm using /dev/hd for all my PATA HD and DVD drives and |
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/dev/sd for the SATA HDs. Systems are ~amd64. |
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At the time /dev/sr was introduced I tried it and had problems on the |
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DVD burner (I don't recall which ones, maybe just related to the missing |
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/dev/dvd link) so I decided to stick with the old driver. |
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Is there any advantage to switch to the SATA driver also for PATA drives? |
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raffaele |