Re: Any progress on installing FC7 on a SATA system?

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on 6/20/2007 7:44 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>> I think the difference between FC6 and F7 loading might trace to the F7
>> bug that calls /dev/hdb5 /dev/sdb5. I prefer my IDE drives to be be
>> called IDE not scuzzi. It makes it hard to use the normal tools.
>>
>> Karl
>>
> This is not a bug - you should read the release notes.
> 
> o New IDE drivers that use the same libata code as the SATA drivers.
> 
> [177][Important] IDE Device Names Changed
>            The new IDE drivers now cause all IDE drives to have
>            device names such as /dev/sdX instead of /dev/hdX.
> 
>            If the /etc/fstab or /etc/crypttab files reference
>            these devices by name, they must be migrated before
>            the system can access those partitions.
> 
> Mikkel

Mikkel - Why would anyone bother to read the Release Notes, or the FAQs,
or the Known Problems / Suggested Solutions, or the Docs? Why would anyone
research anything before they blow away a working system by installing an
unknown, unfamiliar OS?  ;-)

-- 

  David

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