Re: [gentoo-user] HD device becomes SD device

[David Shen]

thanks both of you.


On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Wyatt Epp<wyatt.epp@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:04 PM, David Shen <davidshen84@××××××××××.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
>



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David Shen

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