This is normal. the first SATA device will become SDA unless you play with bios or allready have an SDA On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Mark Jarvis wrote: > > Since the IDs for the three disks were sda, sdb, and sdc before I added the > SATA drive, Ubuntu apparently implements all HD drivers as part of the SCSI > code tree. It made sense that channel 0 master was sda, channel 0 slave was > sdb, and channel 1 master was sdc. What doesn't make sense to me is that the > SATA drive--channel 2 master--became sda. I would have expected sdd or sde > or something like that. > > Where can I find info on tweaking Ubuntu's HD recognition? > > -mj- > > Steven A. DuChene wrote: > > The drivers for SATA disk controllers are implemented as part of the SCSI > code tree and thus show up as sdX drives rather than hdX > > This is a normal condition. > > As far as the "ghosting" showing up in Gnome's File Browser I have no clue. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Jarvis > Sent: Oct 1, 2009 2:28 AM > To: plug > Subject: SATA drive problem > > > Up until a couple of days ago, I had 3 EIDE drives and POST reported my hard > drives: > >     IDE Channel 0 Master     a 120 GB drive >     IDE Channel 0 Slave       a 120 GB drive >     IDE Channel 1 Master     a 160 GB drive >     IDE Channel 1 Slave        a DVD >     IDE Channel 2 Master     None >     IDE Channel 3 Master     None > > Simplifying things, channel 0 Master has my Windows Installation, Channel 0 > Slave my Linux stuff, and Channel 1 Master is a backup/clone of Channel 0 > Master. Ubuntu sees the three drives as sda, sdb, and sdc. > > Monday I picked up a couple of 1.0 TB  SATA drives. Starting slowly, I added > one to Channel 2. I cloned the Windows drive (Channel 0 Master) to it, > pulled the power plug on Channel 0 Master, and changed the boot sequence in > Setup. I also changed the label on one of the partitions on the new drive. > POST reports: > >     IDE Channel 0 Master     None >     IDE Channel 0 Slave       a 120 GB drive >     IDE Channel 1 Master     a 160 GB drive >     IDE Channel 1 Slave       a  DVD >     IDE Channel 2 Master     a SATA 1 TB drive >     IDE Channel 3 Master     None > > Windows works pretty much OK. Booting into Ubuntu 9.04, I was surprised that > Gnome's File Browser shows ghosts of the old channel 0 Master--complete with > the labels of the old partitions, and does not show the new drive. I brought > up Gnome's gparted. It saw the new drive just fine--as sda! I had expected > almost anything--except sda. This is not a "real work" Linux installation > and besides, /home is in a different partition, so I could just re-install > and that would probably fix things, but I'd rather make what's there work > correctly. > > Questions: >     1) Why did a SATA drive on Channel 3 show up as sda? >     2) How can I kick Gnome's File Browser into dropping the ghosts and > showing the contents of the new drive? > > I guess that all of my admin/reference books are out of date, because I > can't find anything in them that helps. The MAN pages would probably help, > but I don't know where to start. > > Any help, pointers to where I can find explanations, etc. will be much > appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Mark Jarvis > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss