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On 23/01/2009 19:17, Paul Sutton wrote: > > hmm i have normal ide and for some reason my drives are the harddisk > partitions are /sda sda1 sda2 > > items such as flash disks,are sdb > > This is using ubuntu 8.10, i guess most new comptuers do use sata. > > Paul > > From what I understand it's a Kernel 2.6.x thing. Kernel 2.4.x on IP Cop still uses /dev/hdX for IDE drives and /dev/sdX for SCSI, SATA and USB devices. Personally now I've got used to it, I prefer /dev/sdX Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html