tir, 19 12 2006 kl. 11:26 -0800, skrev Per Bothner:
I read that FC7 will use a new libata, which will cause /dev/hdX
to be renamed to /dev/sdX, which will cause various things,
including grub (and old documentation) to break.
So why we are we renaming /dev/hdX to the much-less-natural /dev/sdX
in the first place? If we're now unifying PATA and SATA, wouldn't
it make more sense to rename sdX to hdX insted? I know what "hd"
stands for - what does "sd" stand for? Is this going to be another
one of those "it's called that for obscure historical reasons"
Unix things?
Historically I think it was after SCSI device but today it might be more
apt to call it storage device. I personally feel that this definition
compasses what those devices are today than Hard Drive which is what hd
conjures up.
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